Cartmell

*163 MEMORANDUM **

VeriSign, Inc., a Delaware corporation, appeals the district court’s denial of its motion to compel arbitration. We review that denial de novo. See Ingle v. Circuit City Stores, Inc., 328 F.3d 1165, 1169 (9th Cir.2003). Similarly, we review the court’s determinations of arbitrability, like the interpretation of any contractual provision, de novo. See Republic of Nicaragua v. Standard Fruit Co., 937 F.2d 469, 474 (9th Cir.1991).

Under the Federal Arbitration Act, which governs this appeal, we resolve “any doubts concerning the scope of arbitrable issues ... in favor of arbitration, whether the problem at hand is the construction of the contract language itself or an allegation of waiver, delay, or a like defense to arbitrability.” Moses H. Cone Memorial Hosp. v. Mercury Const. Corp., 460 U.S. 1, 24-25 , 103 S.Ct. 927 , 74 L.Ed.2d 765 (1983). Nevertheless, “arbitration is a matter of contract and a party cannot be required to submit to arbitration any dispute which he has not agreed so to submit.” Howsam v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., 537 U.S. 79, 83 , 123 S.Ct. 588 , 154 L.Ed.2d 491 (2002) (quoting Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Nav. Co., 363 U.S. 574, 582 , 80…