Brandon Hodges v. Comcast Cable Communications

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BRANDON HODGES, No. 19-16483 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 4:18-cv-01829-

HSG

COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS,

LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ORDER AND Defendant-Appellant. AMENDED

OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 1, 2020 Portland, Oregon

Filed September 10, 2021 Amended December 23, 2021

Before: Marsha S. Berzon, Daniel P. Collins, and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges.

Order; Opinion by Judge Collins; Dissent by Judge Berzon SUMMARY *

Arbitration

The panel filed (1) an order denying a petition for panel rehearing, denying on behalf of the court a petition for rehearing en banc, and replacing a dissenting opinion with an amended dissent; and (2) an amended dissent.

In the majority opinion, which remained unchanged, the panel reversed the district court’s order denying Comcast Cable Communications, LLC’s motion to compel arbitration under…