Ornelas
Ornelas v. Central Valley Meat Co., Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 MARIA PILAR ORNELAS, individually CASE NO. 1:20-CV-1017 AWI SKO and on behalf of all others similarly 7 situated,
ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION
8 Plaintiff TO COMPEL
9 v. (Doc. No. 14) 10 CENTRAL VALLEY MEAT CO, INC.,
11 Defendants
12 13 14 This is a labor related dispute between Maria Ornelas (“Ornelas”) and her employer 15 Central Valley Meat Co., Inc. (“CVM”). Ornelas brings individual claims and class claims against 16 CVM, including both state and federal law claims, based on CVM’s labor practices with respect to 17 the Covid 19 outbreak. Currently before the Court is CVM”s motion to compel arbitration. 18 Parties’ Arguments 19 CVM argues that Ornelas, and all of its employees, signed a document entitled “Mutual 20 Agreement to Arbitrate Claims.” In relevant part, the arbitration agreement broadly covers all 21 disputes between CVM and its employees, assigns to the arbitrator the responsibility of 22 determining all gateway issues (including the arbitrability of any issue), and waives…