Amazon Seeks Briefing Clarity on Petition to Vacate Arbitration Award
Amazon wants U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams for Southern New York to “clarify” whether Jiakeshu Technology’s petition to vacate an arbitration award in Amazon’s favor is on hold until she resolves Jiakeshu’s subsequent motion to remand the petition to New…
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York Supreme Court. Amazon removed the petition to the Southern District of New York. It presumes that court “would not want to have briefing on the petition to vacate while it determines whether jurisdiction is proper” in Manhattan federal court, Davis Wright attorney John Magliery wrote Abrams in a letter Tuesday (docket 1:22-cv-10119). He's seeking the clarification “in an abundance of caution,” he said. Jiakeshu seeks recovery of $50,000 in sales proceeds that an arbitrator let Amazon keep after Amazon deactivated Jiakeshu’s third-party store for improperly paying customers to submit positive reviews (see 2212010065). Under Abrams’ Dec. 7 order, Friday is the deadline for Jiakeshu to file additional materials in support of its petition to vacate, with Amazon’s response due Feb. 10 (see 2212080037). Her Dec. 22 order sets a Feb. 10 deadline for Amazon to oppose Jiakeshu’s motion to remand (see 2212230010).