Robert Ahlstrom v. Dhi Mortgage Co., Ltd. Lp

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ROBERT W. AHLSTROM, No. 20-15114 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 5:19-cv-03435-

BLF

DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD.,

L.P., OPINION

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Beth Labson Freeman, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 5, 2021 San Francisco, California

Filed December 29, 2021

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges, and Dean D. Pregerson, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Pregerson

* The Honorable Dean D. Pregerson, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation. SUMMARY *

Arbitration

The panel reversed the district court’s order dismissing a putative class action complaint and granting the defendant’s motion to compel arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, and remanded for further proceedings.

When the plaintiff was hired as a loan officer by DHI Mortgage Co. (“DHIM”), he signed a Mutual Arbitration…