Jones

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KIANA JONES, No. 24-1645 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 5:24-cv-00206-

KK-DTB

v.

STARZ ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, OPINION

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Kenly Kiya Kato, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 4, 2024 Pasadena, California

Filed February 28, 2025

Before: Ronald M. Gould, Richard R. Clifton, and Gabriel P. Sanchez, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Clifton JONES V. STARZ ENTERTAINMENT, LLC

SUMMARY*

Arbitration

The panel affirmed the district court’s decision denying Kiana Jones’s petition under the Federal Arbitration Act to compel individual arbitration against Starz Entertainment, LLC, a video streaming provider, pursuant to the Starz Terms of Use. Jones, along with thousands of other claimants represented by the same law firm, initiated dispute- resolution proceedings against Starz, alleging violations of federal and state privacy laws. The arbitration provider, Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, or JAMS, ordered consolidation…