RICHARD SEEBORG, District Judge.
Pursuant to Local Rules 7-7(e) and 7-12, Defendants ELY EDDI ("EDDI"), DIGITAL DATA DEVICES, INC. and DIGITAL IN THE HOUSE, INC. (collectively the "Defendants"), and Plaintiffs MONSTER CABLE PRODUCTS, INC. and MONSTER CABLE, LLC, (collectively, "MONSTER"), by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows:
"Writ Application," Docket No. 90) in connection with the Court's Order Re Motion for Attorney Fees, dated and entered on February 27, 2013, which awarded attorneys fees in favor of Defendants and against Plaintiffs in the amount of $40,000 (the "Fees Award," Docket No. 78), the full amount of which remains unpaid.
WHEREAS, on June 10, 2013, MONSTER filed a motion to stay enforcement of the Court's Order Re Attorney (the "Stay Motion," Docket No. 92), pending Plaintiffs' appeal and Defendants' cross-appeal of the Fees Award (the "Appeals");
WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to a mediation of this action, including the issues raised in the Stay Motion and Writ Application, before the mediator appointed by 9th Circuit Court of Appeals;
WHEREAS, the parties, as a result of the foregoing, have agreed to, inter alia: (1) stay their presently pending arbitration before the American Arbitration Association (the "AAA Arbitration") until the conclusion of the mediation, without prejudice to any party with respect to the schedule they propose to the arbitration panel for completing the arbitration, including without limitation the dates they seek for a final arbitration hearing, and without prejudice to the right of any party hereto to declare the mediation concluded after the first day of the mediation; (2) withdraw without prejudice the Stay Motion and Writ Application and refrain from any and all other efforts to enforce the Fee Award until entry of a final award in the AAA Arbitration or dismissal of the arbitration; and (3) stay the Appeals until a final judgment is entered in the district court or dismissal of the action.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties, through their respective counsel, as set forth above and, without limitation thereof, that the Stay Motion and Writ Application be withdrawn without prejudice to any of the parties' rights, all of which are expressly reserved.
PURSUANT TO STIPULATION,
IT IS HERBY SO ORDERED.