Joel Soileau v. Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

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7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 JOEL SOILEAU, Case No. 2:24-cv-06397-ODW (Ex)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. REMAND [15]; AND GRANTING 14 SPACE EXPLORATION MOTION TO COMPEL

TECHNOLOGIES CORP., ARBITRATION [18]

15 Defendant. 16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Joel Soileau, proceeding pro se, filed this action against his former 19 employer, Defendant Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (“SpaceX”), in California 20 Superior Court. (Decl. Kara L. Jassy ISO Removal (“Jassy NOR Decl.”) Ex. A 21 (“Complaint” or “Compl.”), ECF No. 1-2.) SpaceX removed the case to federal court 22 based on alleged diversity jurisdiction. (Notice Removal (“NOR”) ¶ 1, ECF No. 1.) 23 Soileau now moves to remand and SpaceX moves to compel Soileau to arbitration. 24 (Mem. ISO Mot. Remand (“Mot. Remand”) 4–5, ECF No. 15-2; Mem. ISO Mot. 25 Compel (“Mot. Compel”) 6, ECF No. 18-1.) For the reasons below, the Court 26 DENIES the Motion to Remand and GRANTS the Motion to…