Gates

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 22 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

VIP MORTGAGE INCORPORATED, No. 24-7624 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 2:24-cv-02865-DWL v.

MEMORANDUM*

JENNIFER GATES, an Arizona individual,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Dominic Lanza, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 21, 2025 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: TALLMAN, BADE, and LEE, Circuit Judges.

VIP Mortgage Incorporated raises several challenges to an arbitration order

entered in favor of its former employee Jennifer Gates. An arbitrator awarded Gates

damages for unpaid overtime, liquidated damages, and attorneys’ fees after finding

that VIP violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) by failing to pay Gates

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. overtime wages. We have jurisdiction under 9 U.S.C. § 16 and affirm the district

court’s order denying VIP’s petition to vacate the award…