Ramsdell

*131 MEMORANDUM ***

1. The district court correctly denied LensCrafters’ motion to compel arbitration. Under California law, the prohibition of class action lawsuits in arbitration agreements is unconscionable. See, e.g., Ingle v. Circuit City Stores, Inc., 328 F.3d 1165, 1175-76 (9th Cir.2003) (holding that the bar on class-wide arbitration in Circuit City’s arbitration agreement with its employees was substantively unconscionable under California law); Ting v. AT & T, 319 F.3d 1126 , 1150 (9th Cir.2003) (“we affirm the district court’s conclusion that the class-action ban violates California’s unconseionability law.”); Szetela v. Discover Bank, 97 Cal.App.4th 1094, 1096 , 118 Cal.Rptr.2d 862 (2002) (holding that the prohibition of class actions in an arbitration agreement is unconscionable and unenforceable). The same can be said for that portion of the arbitration agreement granting LensCrafters’ CEO the unilateral power to modify the agreement. See Ingle, 328 F.3d at 1179 (“we conclude that the provision affording Circuit City the unilateral power to terminate or modify the contract is substantively unconscionable.”).

2. We are aware that the California Supreme Court has…