Jackson v. Rent-A-Center West

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANTONIO JACKSON,  No. 07-16164 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v.  CV-07-00050-

RENT-A-CENTER WEST, INC., LRH/RAM

Defendant-Appellee.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Larry R. Hicks, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted November 21, 2008* San Francisco, California

Filed September 9, 2009

Before: Cynthia Holcomb Hall, Thomas G. Nelson and Sidney R. Thomas, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Thomas; Dissent by Judge Hall

*The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

12787 12790 JACKSON v. RENT-A-CENTER WEST

COUNSEL

Ian E. Silverberg, Hardy Law Group, Reno, Nevada, for the appellant.

Michael T. Garone, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Portland, Oregon, for the appellee.

OPINION

THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

Antonio Jackson appeals from a district court order dis- missing his statutory race discrimination claim and compel- ling arbitration. Under the circumstances presented here, we…