ZIPPY SHELL, INC. et al v. JOHN PEARSON et al
Plaintiff: ZIPPY SHELL, INC., RICK DEL SONTRO and GARETH TAYLOR
Defendant: JOHN PEARSON and TENSAW INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC
Case Number: 1:2022cv02191
Filed: July 25, 2022
Court: US District Court for the District of Columbia
Presiding Judge: Rudolph Contreras
Nature of Suit: Arbitration
Cause of Action: 09 U.S.C. § 1 U.S. Arbitration Act
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

This docket was last retrieved on October 14, 2022. A more recent docket listing may be available from PACER.

Date Filed Document Text
October 14, 2022 Filing 23 STIPULATION of Dismissal by GARETH TAYLOR, RICK DEL SONTRO, ZIPPY SHELL, INC.. (Werner, Paul)
September 15, 2022 Filing 22 Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply as to #19 MOTION to Dismiss AND MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT, AND IN THE ALTERNATIVE, OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS AMENDED MOTION TO ENFORCE THE PARTIES' AGREEMENT, #9 MOTION to Enforce by GARETH TAYLOR, RICK DEL SONTRO, ZIPPY SHELL, INC.. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(Wigger, Hannah)
September 15, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER granting #22 Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time: It is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiffs' reply in support of Plaintiffs' Amended Motion to Enforce the Parties' Agreement and Enjoin the Consideration of Punitive Damages and Plaintiffs' opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss are due on or before November 21, 2022. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Rudolph Contreras on 09/15/2022. (lcrc1)
September 6, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER granting #21 Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time: It is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiffs' reply in support of Plaintiffs' Amended Motion to Enforce the Parties' Agreement and Enjoin the Consideration of Punitive Damages and Plaintiffs' opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss are due on or before September 21, 2022. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Rudolph Contreras on 9/6/2022. (lcrc1)
September 5, 2022 Filing 21 Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply as to #19 MOTION to Dismiss AND MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT, AND IN THE ALTERNATIVE, OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS AMENDED MOTION TO ENFORCE THE PARTIES' AGREEMENT by GARETH TAYLOR, RICK DEL SONTRO, ZIPPY SHELL, INC.. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(Wigger, Hannah)
August 31, 2022 Filing 20 Memorandum in opposition to #9 Amended Motion to Enforce, filed by JOHN PEARSON, TENSAW INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC. (See docket entry #19 to view document). (ztth)
August 31, 2022 Filing 19 MOTION to Dismiss AND MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT, AND IN THE ALTERNATIVE, OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS AMENDED MOTION TO ENFORCE THE PARTIES' AGREEMENT by JOHN PEARSON, TENSAW INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Peter R. Silverman, #2 Exhibit A, #3 Exhibit B, #4 Exhibit C, #5 Exhibit D, #6 Exhibit E, #7 Exhibit F, #8 Exhibit G, #9 Exhibit H, #10 Exhibit I, #11 Exhibit J, #12 Exhibit K, #13 Exhibit L, #14 Exhibit M, #15 Exhibit N, #16 Text of Proposed Order)(Rubin, Michael)
August 24, 2022 Filing 18 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPEARANCE as to GARETH TAYLOR, RICK DEL SONTRO, ZIPPY SHELL, INC.. Attorney Brian D. Frey terminated. (Frey, Brian)
August 12, 2022 Filing 17 NOTICE of Appearance by Imad Sayed Matini on behalf of GARETH TAYLOR, RICK DEL SONTRO, ZIPPY SHELL, INC. (Matini, Imad)
August 12, 2022 Filing 16 NOTICE of Appearance by Paul Anthony Werner, III on behalf of All Plaintiffs (Werner, Paul)
August 12, 2022 Filing 15 NOTICE of Appearance by Hannah J. Wigger on behalf of GARETH TAYLOR, RICK DEL SONTRO, ZIPPY SHELL, INC. (Wigger, Hannah)
August 12, 2022 Filing 14 LCvR 26.1 CERTIFICATE OF DISCLOSURE of Corporate Affiliations and Financial Interests by TENSAW INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC (Rubin, Michael)
August 12, 2022 Filing 13 NOTICE of Appearance by Michael Adam Rubin on behalf of JOHN PEARSON, TENSAW INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC (Rubin, Michael)
August 11, 2022 Filing 12 RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed. JOHN PEARSON served on 7/29/2022, answer due 8/19/2022; TENSAW INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC served on 7/29/2022, answer due 8/19/2022 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - Acknowledgement of Service)(Frey, Brian)
August 11, 2022 NOTICE OF ERROR re #11 Notice (Other); emailed to brian.frey@alston.com, cc'd 5 associated attorneys -- The PDF file you docketed contained errors: 1. Please note the following deficiency and file/refile document as instructed, 2. Incorrect event used. Please select the correct event under "Service of Process" category. Modified on 8/11/2022 (ztth).
August 10, 2022 Filing 11 ENTERED IN ERROR.....NOTICE Regarding Service of Complaint and Summonses by GARETH TAYLOR, RICK DEL SONTRO, ZIPPY SHELL, INC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - Acknowledgement of Service)(Frey, Brian) Modified on 8/11/2022 (ztth).
August 10, 2022 Filing 10 NOTICE of Proposed Order by GARETH TAYLOR, RICK DEL SONTRO, ZIPPY SHELL, INC. re #9 MOTION to Enforce (Attachments: #1 - Proposed Order)(Frey, Brian)
August 9, 2022 Filing 9 Amended MOTION to Enforce #4 MOTION to Enforce the Parties' Agreement and Enjoin the Consideration of Punitive Damages by GARETH TAYLOR, RICK DEL SONTRO, ZIPPY SHELL, INC.. (Attachments: #1 Declaration Amended Declaration of Daniel Gildin, #2 Exhibit 1-A - 2015 Franchise Agreement, #3 Exhibit 1-B - 2015 Assumption Agreement, #4 Exhibit 1-C -Original Arbitration Demand, #5 Exhibit 1-D - First Amended Arbitration Demand, #6 Exhibit 1-E - Answer and Counterclaim, #7 Exhibit 1-F - Second Amended Arbitration Demand, #8 Exhibit 1-G - Scheduling Order No. 25, #9 Exhibit 1-H - Scheduling Order No. 26, #10 Exhibit 1-I - Scheduling Order No. 27, #11 Exhibit 1-J - Scheduling Order No. 28)(Frey, Brian); Modified text and docketing relief on 8/10/2022 (ztth).
August 9, 2022 Filing 8 AMENDED COMPLAINT against JOHN PEARSON, TENSAW INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC filed by ZIPPY SHELL, INC., GARETH TAYLOR, RICK DEL SONTRO. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - 2015 Franchise Agreement, #2 Exhibit 2 - 2015 Assumption Agreement, #3 Exhibit 3 - Arbitration Demand, #4 Exhibit 4 - First Amended Arbitration Demand, #5 Exhibit 5 - Answer and Counterclaim to First Amended Arbitration Demand, #6 Exhibit 6 - Second Amended Arbitration Demand, #7 Exhibit 7 - June 4 Arbitrator Order, #8 Exhibit 8 - June 22 Arbitrator Order, #9 Exhibit 9 - June 29 Arbitrator Order, #10 Exhibit 10 - July 31 Arbitrator Order)(Frey, Brian)
July 27, 2022 Filing 7 SUMMONS (2) Issued Electronically as to All Defendants. (Attachment: #1 Notice and Consent)(znmg)
July 27, 2022 Case Assigned to Judge Rudolph Contreras. (znmg)
July 26, 2022 Filing 6 ERRATA (Notice of Errata and Corrected Filing)) by GARETH TAYLOR, RICK DEL SONTRO, ZIPPY SHELL, INC. re #1 Complaint,,, filed by RICK DEL SONTRO, ZIPPY SHELL, INC., GARETH TAYLOR. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - Corrected Complaint)(Frey, Brian)
July 26, 2022 Filing 5 MOTION for Hearing re #4 MOTION to Enforce the Parties' Agreement and Enjoin the Consideration of Punitive Damages (Expedited) by GARETH TAYLOR, RICK DEL SONTRO, ZIPPY SHELL, INC.. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(Frey, Brian)
July 26, 2022 Filing 4 MOTION to Enforce the Parties' Agreement and Enjoin the Consideration of Punitive Damages by GARETH TAYLOR, RICK DEL SONTRO, ZIPPY SHELL, INC.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - Declaration of Daniel Gildin, #2 Exhibit 1-A to the Gildin Declaration - 2015 Franchise Agreement, #3 Exhibit 1-B to the Gildin Declaration - 2015 Assumption Agreement, #4 Exhibit 1-C to the Gildin Declaration - Arbitration Demand, #5 Exhibit 1-D to the Gildin Declaration - First Amended Arbitration Demand, #6 Exhibit 1-E to the Gildin Declaration - Answer and Counterclaim, #7 Exhibit 1-F to the Gildin Declaration - Second Amended Arbitration Demand, #8 Exhibit 1-G to the Gildin Declaration - June 4 Arbitrator Order, #9 Exhibit 1-H to the Gildin Declaration - June 22 Arbitrator Order, #10 Exhibit 1-I to the Gildin Declaration - June 29 Arbitrator Order, #11 Text of Proposed Order)(Frey, Brian)
July 26, 2022 Filing 3 LCvR 26.1 CERTIFICATE OF DISCLOSURE of Corporate Affiliations and Financial Interests by ZIPPY SHELL, INC. (Frey, Brian)
July 26, 2022 Filing 2 NOTICE of Appearance by Brian D. Frey on behalf of GARETH TAYLOR, RICK DEL SONTRO, ZIPPY SHELL, INC. (Frey, Brian)
July 26, 2022 NOTICE OF ERROR re #1 Complaint; emailed to briandfrey@gmail.com, cc'd 6 associated attorneys -- The PDF file you docketed contained errors: 1. Noncompliance with LCvR 5.1(c). Please file an errata correcting the initiating pleading to include the name & full residence address of each party using the event Errata., 2. COMPLIANCE DEADLINE is by close of business today. This case will not proceed any further until all errors are satisfied. (Stanford, Samantha)
July 25, 2022 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against JOHN PEARSON, TENSAW INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC ( Filing fee $ 402 receipt number BDCDC-9394584) filed by ZIPPY SHELL, INC., GARETH TAYLOR, RICK DEL SONTRO. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - 2015 Franchise Agreement, #2 Exhibit 2 -2015 Assumption Agreement, #3 Exhibit 3 - Arbitration Demand, #4 Exhibit 4 - First Amended Arbitration Demand, #5 Summons 5 - Answer and Counterclaim, #6 Exhibit 6 - Second Amended Arbitration Demand, #7 Exhibit 7 - June 4 Arbitrator Order, #8 Exhibit 8 - June 22 Arbitrator Order, #9 9 - June 29 Arbitrator Order, #10 Civil Cover Sheet, #11 Summons - For Issuance Upon John Pearson, #12 - For Issuance Upon Tensaw Investment Group, LLC)(Frey, Brian)

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