Abpikar

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 HASSAN ABPIKAR, et al., Case No. 3:24-cv-02836-JD

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE ARBITRATION AND

v. CARDENAS’S CLAIMS

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Defendant.

13 Defendant Wells Fargo’s motion to compel arbitration is granted. Dkt. No. 16. The arbitration clause covers the claims alleged in the complaint, and the record indicates that pro se plaintiff Hassan Abpikar consented to the arbitration provision. Abpikar’s objection that he filed a putative class action is not a bar to arbitration. See Dkt. No. 17. Abpikar is not an attorney and may not litigate claims on behalf of a putative class. Simon v. Hartford Life, Inc., 546 F.3d 661, 664 (9th Cir. 2008). In addition, Wells Fargo represents that the arbitration agreement contains a delegation clause that reserves questions of the agreement’s interpretation and scope to the arbitrator. Dkt. No. 16 at 8-9. The case is stayed with respect to Abpikar, and the parties will file a joint status report…