Ruiz

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 8 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RAUL RUIZ, Representative, No. 24-6529 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 2:23-cv-02682-DAD-JDP v.

MEMORANDUM*

KELLY SERVICES GLOBAL, LLC,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Dale A. Drozd, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 9, 2025 San Francisco, California

Before: BUMATAY, JOHNSTONE, and DE ALBA, Circuit Judges. Dissent by Judge BUMATAY.

Kelly Services Global, LLC appeals the district court’s partial denial of its

motion to compel arbitration of Raul Ruiz’s claims under California’s Unfair

Competition Law (UCL). We have jurisdiction under 9 U.S.C. § 16, and we affirm.

We review de novo a district court’s decision regarding the arbitrability of

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. claims, see Momot v. Mastro, 652 F.3d 982, 986 (9th Cir. 2011), and a district

court’s…