Continental Casualty v. Staffing Concepts

NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION To be cited only in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit Chicago, Illinois 60604 Argued January 7, 2008 Decided January 11, 2008 Before Hon. RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge Hon. ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge Hon. DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge No. 07-2475 Continental Casualty Co., American Appeal from the United States District Casualty Co. of Reading, Court for the Northern District Pennsyl vania, Transportation of Illinois, Eastern Division Insurance Co., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, No. 06 C 5473 v. Ronald A. Guzman, Judge. Staffing Concepts, Inc., Staffing Concepts Nat’l, Inc., Staffing Concepts Int’l, Inc., Ventures Resources Group, LLC, Defendants-Appellees. ORDER The appeal is DISMISSED for want of appellate jurisdiction. See 9 U.S.C. § 16(a)(1)(A) & (B); Middleby Corp. v. Hussman Corp., 962 F.2d 614, 616 (7th Cir. 1992) (barring appeal when an order denying a petition is “a delay incident to an orderly process”); IDS Life Ins. Co. v. SunAmerica, Inc., 103 F.3d 524, 526-27 (7th Cir. 1996) (extending Middleby to denials of an order to arbitrate under 9 U.S.C. § 16(a)(1)(A)). An opinion will follow.