Riley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHARLES RILEY, No. 2:18-cv-02626-TLN-EFB Plaintiff, v. ORDER MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.; and DOES 1–100, inclusive, 15 Defendants.

17 This matter is before the Court on Defendant Medline Industries, Inc.’s (“Defendant”) Motion to Compel Arbitration and Stay Proceedings. (ECF No. 6.) Plaintiff Charles Riley (“Plaintiff”) filed an opposition. (ECF No. 9.) Defendant filed a reply. (ECF No. 10.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s motion. However, the Court STAYS the action pending completion of arbitration rather than dismissing it as Defendant requests. /// /// /// /// /// /// I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Defendant hired Plaintiff as a delivery driver in January 2017. (ECF No. 1 at 3.) Prior to beginning his employment with Defendant, Plaintiff signed an employment and confidentiality agreement, which included an arbitration provision. (ECF No. 9 at 8.) The…