Hoffman

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LAURA HOFFMAN, an individual, on  behalf of herself and all others No. 07-55616 similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant,  D.C. No.

CV-06-00571-AJG

v.

OPINION

CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), N.A.,

Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Andrew J. Guilford, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 9, 2008—Pasadena, California

Filed October 14, 2008

Before: Stephen Trott, Sydney R. Thomas and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam Opinion; Concurrence by Judge Trott

14485 14488 HOFFMAN v. CITIBANK

COUNSEL

Barry L. Kramer, Law Offices of Barry L. Kramer, Los Ange- les, California, and Gretchen A. Carpenter, Strange & Carpen- ter, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Julia B. Strickland, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellee.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff-Appellant Laura Hoffman (“Hoffman”) appeals the district court’s order compelling arbitration in her class action suit against her credit card company, Defendant- Appellee Citibank…