Az Holding, LLC v. Thomas Frederick

MEMORANDUM

AZ Holding, LLC (“AZ Holding”) appeals the district court’s order confirming the Final Arbitration Award in AZ Holding’s diversity action against Thomas Frederick, Christine Cobb, RBW Consultants, Inc. and Bumaro, LLC (collectively, “Frederick”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm. Because the parties are familiar with the factual and procedural history of this case, we repeat only those facts necessary to resolve the issues raised on appeal.

As a preliminary matter, we clarify that the settlement agreement between AZ Holding and Frederick does not impact our jurisdiction because the agreement was fairly circumscribed and limited to the calculation of payments owed under the district court’s judgment and the offset of payments owed under a consulting agreement.

We review de novo a district court’s confirmation of an arbitral award. Bosack v. Soward, 586 F.3d 1096, 1102 (9th Cir. 2009). “With respect to the underlying arbitration decision, however, our review is both limited and highly deferential.” Coutee v. Barington Capital Grp., L.P., 336 F.3d 1128 , 1132 (9th Cir.2003) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). We may vacate…