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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL MINUTES -- GENERAL
Case No.

CV 15-3378-JFW (MRWx)

Title:

Golden Boy Promotions LLC, et al. -v- Alan Haymon, et al.

Date: September 15, 2015

PRESENT:
HONORABLE JOHN F. WALTER, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Shannon Reilly
Courtroom Deputy

None Present
Court Reporter

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR PLAINTIFFS:

None
PROCEEDINGS (IN CHAMBERS):

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR DEFENDANTS:

None

ORDER DENYING AS MOOT DEFENDANTS MOTION

TO STAY ACTION AND COMPEL PLAINTIFFS TO
ARBITRATE THE ISSUE OF ARBITRABILITY AND
JURISDICTION BEFORE THE ARBITRATOR
[filed 8/31/2015; Docket No. 69 ]

On August 31, 2015, Defendants Alan Haymon, Alan Haymon Development, Inc., Haymon
Holdings, LLC, Haymon Sports, LLC, Haymon Boxing Management, Haymon Boxing LLC, and
Ryan Caldwell (collectively, Defendants) filed a Motion to Stay Action and Compel Plaintiffs to
Arbitrate the Issue of Arbitrability and Jurisdiction Before the Arbitrator (Motion). On September
1, 2015, while Defendants Motion was pending, the Arbitrator, Daniel H. Weinstein (Ret.), issued
his Arbitration Determination re: Arbitrability, Scope and Privilege (Determination), finding, in
relevant part, that Plaintiffs claims in the First Amended Complaint are not within the scope of the
arbitration provision and that those claims are not presently arbitrable. On September 8, 2015,
Plaintiffs Golden Boy Promotions, LLC, Golden Boy Promotions, Inc., and Bernard Hopkins
(collectively, Plaintiffs) filed a Response to Defendants Motion, primarily contending that Judge
Weinsteins Determination has rendered Defendants Motion moot. On September 14, 2015,
Defendants filed a Reply, claiming that their Motion is not moot. Pursuant to Rule 78 of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rule 7-15, the Court finds that this matter is
appropriate for decision without oral argument. The hearing calendared for September 28, 2015 is
hereby vacated and the matter taken off calendar. After considering the moving, opposing, and
reply papers, and the arguments therein, the Court rules as follows:
Although the Court was confident that Defendants counsel would realize that the Motion
was now moot and withdraw it to avoid wasting judicial resources, counsel made the puzzling
decision to pursue the Motion and raised patently frivolous arguments in the Reply. Defendants
Motion seeks an Order (1) compelling Plaintiffs Golden Boy Promotions LLC, Golden Boy
Promotions, Inc. and Bernard Hopkins . . . to arbitrate the issue of whether the claims alleged in
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this action are arbitrable; and (2) staying this action until the Arbitrator rules on the question of
arbitrability. Notice of Motion at 2. Given that Judge Weinstein has ruled on the question of
arbitrability and determined that the claims in this action are not presently arbitrable, Defendants
Motion is DENIED as moot.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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