CAPSTONE LOGISTICS HOLDINGS INC LLC v. NAVARRETE LLC (2020)

SUMMARY ORDER

Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants Pedro Navarette, David Poffenberger, Steven Willis, Mario Rojas, and humano LLC (collectively “Appellants”) challenge a preliminary injunction which, among other things, enforces a covenant restricting their ability to compete with Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellees Capstone Logistics Holdings, Inc., Capstone Logistics, LLC, and Pinnacle Workforce Logistics L.L.C. (collectively “Appellees”).

This is the second time we have reviewed a preliminary injunction in this case. On an earlier appeal, we vacated a preliminary injunction because the District Court did not provide a sufficient factual or legal basis, on the record, for the order. A year later, the District Court reinstated the preliminary injunction along with a memorandum of facts and law explaining the basis for its decision.

While the appeal was pending, Appellants filed a motion in the District Court requesting that the preliminary injunction be vacated or modified and Appellees filed a motion for summary judgment. The District Court has not yet ruled on either motion.

Accordingly, we partially remand the mandate to the District Court for prompt resolution of these motions. The preliminary injunction will remain in place until that time.

After the motions are resolved, either party may, by a letter to the Clerk of Court, reinstate the appeal using the current docket number. See United States v. Jacobson, 15 F.3d 19, 22 (2d Cir. 1994). The appeal shall be expedited, with the briefs by the appealing party due no later than 14 days after the request has been made to the Clerk, and with a response by the opposing party due no later than 14 days after that. Upon receipt of the briefs, the matter will be deemed submitted for decision, and the panel will then determine whether further oral argument is appropriate.

CONCLUSION

For the foregoing reasons, we partially REMAND the cause to the District Court for resolution of the aforementioned motions, and we AFFIRM the preliminary injunction until such point as the motions are resolved.