Davion Louis v. TPG Funding, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DAVION LOUIS, Case No. 24-cv-03011-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE ARBITRATION
v.
TPG FUNDING, LLC, et al., Defendants.
12 Plaintiff Davion Louis filed a lawsuit against a former employer, defendants TPG Funding, LLC, TPG Inc., and Does 1-5 (collectively TPG), in connection with a “separation agreement” he and TPG executed in July 2022. Dkt. No. 12 (FAC) ¶ 9. Louis alleges that TPG breached the agreement by failing to pay him and falsely accusing him of “transmitting confidential information belonging to” TPG. Id. ¶¶ 10-11. He seeks damages for breach of contract, waiting-time penalties under California state law on the ground that the monies owed pursuant to the agreement were “wages,” and a declaratory judgment that a “forfeiture provision” in the agreement is void and unenforceable. Id. ¶¶ 11, 13, 16-20, 22, 25-26. After the case was transferred from the Central District of California, Dkt. No. 20, TPG moved to compel the arbitration of Louis’s claims…