Mayra Manzano v. POM Medical, LLC et al.

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United States District Court Central District of California

10 MAYRA MANZANO, Case № 2:25-cv-00993-ODW (SSCx)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

v. MOTION TO COMPEL

ARBITRATION [15]

13 POM MEDICAL, LLC et al.,

Defendants.

15 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Mayra Manzano brings this putative wage-and-hour class action 18 against Defendants POM Medical, LLC and Stryker Employment Company, LLC 19 (collectively, “Defendants” or “Stryker”). (Decl. Julia Y. Trankiem ISO Notice 20 Removal Ex. A (“Compl.”), Dkt. No. 3.) Stryker moves to compel Manzano to 21 arbitrate her individual claims, dismiss her class claims, and stay the case pending 22 arbitration. (Mot. Compel Arb. (“Motion” or “Mot.”) 1, Dkt. No. 15.) For the 23 following reasons, the Court DENIES Stryker’s Motion.1 II. BACKGROUND On or about May 22, 2023, Manzano obtained employment with Kelly Services 26 Global, LLC (“Kelly”), a third-party staffing agency. …