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