Tentative ruling on Jan. 12, 2024 in Calaveras County, CA - Case no: xxxxx772

23CV46772
DEFENDANT JEREMY PRATT’S RENEWED MOTION TO
COMPEL ARBITRATION OF ALL CLAIMS
Defendant Pratt has moved for an order compelling all claims to arbitration and
dismissing this lawsuit (curing the prior failure to comply with Local Rule 3.3.7), under
the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) and the terms of the arbitration agreements between
UPS and plaintiffs.
FAA (9 U.S.C. §§ 1, et seq.) applies to any “contract evidencing a transaction involving
commerce.” (9 U.S.C. § 2.) The US Supreme Court has interpreted the FAA’s
application broadly, stating that the FAA is a “body of substantive law … enforceable in
both state and federal courts.” (Perry v. Thomas, (1987) 482 U.S. 483, 489 [citing
Southland Corp. v. Keating (1984) 465 U.S. 1, 11–12]. Here, the arbitration agreements
signed by each plaintiff expressly provide that the FAA governs their terms and that they
evidence a transaction involving commerce. Accordingly,….....