Graciela Tanious v. Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC

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United States District Court Central District of California

11 GRACIELA TANIOUS, Case № 2:24-cv-03903-ODW (Ex)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING

v.

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO

14 WELLS FRAGO ADVISORS COMPEL ARBITRATION AND 15 FINANCIAL NETWORK, LLC et al., DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION

Defendants. TO STAY DISCOVERY [13] [28]

17 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Graciela Tanious brings this action against Defendants Wells Fargo 20 Clearing Services, LLC (“Wells Fargo”) and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, 21 LLC in connection with an employment dispute. (Notice Removal (“NOR”) Ex. A 22 (“Complaint” or “Compl.”) ¶¶ 1–3, 9, ECF No. 1.) Defendants now move to enforce 23 an arbitration agreement that Tanious signed at the beginning of her employment. 24 (Mot. Compel Arb. (“Motion” or “Mot.”) 8, ECF No. 13.) For the reasons discussed 25 below, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motion to Compel Arbitration.1 26

28 1 Having carefully considered the papers filed in connection with the Motion, the Court deemed the matter appropriate…