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INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Germaine Judge appeals from an order vacating an interim arbitration award. Although an order vacating a final arbitration award is appealable under Code of Civil Procedure section 1294, subdivision (c), the order from which Judge appeals vacated a “clause construction award” that did not resolve the entire arbitration. Instead, the arbitrator’s award determined only, as a threshold matter, that Judge’s class and representative claims were subject to arbitration. The clause construction award did not rule on the merits of those claims. We conclude that, because the arbitrator has not ruled on any of the substantive issues in the arbitration, the order from which Judge appeals did not vacate a final arbitration award and is not appealable. We therefore dismiss the appeal.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Nijjar Realty, Inc., doing business as PAMA Management Company (Nijjar Realty), is in the business of real estate property management. Mike Nijjar is the owner and a president of Nijjar Realty. Swamjit S. Nijjar and Daljit Kler are also presidents of Nijjar Realty. On October 18, 2010, Nijjar Realty hired Judge as a resident property manager.…