Daniel S. Fitzgerald v. United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York
Arbitration
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1595(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act requires an automatic stay of all civil claims pending a criminal case involving a non-party defendant
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the 18 U.S.C. § 1595(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (““TVPRA”) requires a stay of all claims brought by all parties in civil case indefinitely until the final adjudication of a criminal case against a criminal defendant who is not a party in the civil action, including claims not involving the criminal defendant and without presenting any evidence the civil action arises out of the same occurrence where any plaintiff is an alleged victim.