Continental Airlines, Inc. v. Alecia B. Mason

87 F.3d 1318 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC., Petitioner-Appellee, v. Alecia B. MASON, Respondent-Appellant. No. 95-55343. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 5, 1996. Decided June 19, 1996. 1 Before: BRUNETTI and RYMER, Circuit Judges, and TANNER, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Alecia B. Mason ("Mason") appeals the district court's Order compelling arbitration of her claims against Continental Airlines ("Continental") of employment discrimination, wrongful termination, and infliction of emotional distress. We have jurisdiction over this timely appeal and affirm. STANDARD OF REVIEW 4 We review de novo the district court's order compelling arbitration. Zolezzi v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., 789 F.2d 1447, 1449 (9th Cir.1986). DISCUSSION 5 Mason argues that she should not be compelled to arbitrate her claims because the acknowledgement of receipt she signed nor the employee handbook's…