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*1 Case 8:04-cv-02450-EAK-MAP Document 139 Filed 08/02/06 Page 1 of 1 PageID 822
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION
INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA,
Plaintiff, vs. CASE NO. 8:04-CIV-2450-T-17-MAP JENNIFER GARVER, et al.,
Defendants.
/ ORDER
This cause is before the Court on the motion to stay cause and compel arbitration (Docket No.
138). The movant, The Estate of Hani Boutros, requests this Court to cancel the trial now scheduled on a calendar starting September 5, 2006, and require the parties to arbitrate this case. The parties outside of the purview of the Court seem to have agreed to arbitrate this case, even though the Court ordered mediation, not arbitration, in this case in 2005. The Court notes that the mediation was conducted, with a stated outcome of “continued”, on October 31, 2005. There is no further indication that the parties continued to pursue the Court ordered mediation. Now with a trial scheduled the movant asks the Court to enforce supposed arbitration agreements. The Court do not find these agreements binding on this Court. Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that the motion to stay cause and compel arbitration (Docket No. 138) be denied . However, the parties are free to pursue arbitration between now and when this case is called for trial.
DONE and ORDERED in Chambers, in Tampa, Florida, this 2nd day of August, 2006. Copies to: All Parties and Counsel of Record