Pitman

I. INTRODUCTION

19 On January 7, 2021, Defendants Macy’s West Stores, Inc., and Macy’s Inc., (collectively 20 “Defendants”) filed a Motion to Compel Arbitration. (Doc. No. 13.) On March 12, 2021, Plaintiff 21 Brian Pitman (“Plaintiff”) filed an opposition to the Motion to Compel Arbitration. (Doc. No. 14.) 22 On April 26, 2021, Defendants filed their reply to the motion. (Doc. No. 16.) On April 27, 2021, 23 Plaintiff filed a Motion to Amend the notice of removal. (Doc. No. 17.) On May 18, 2021, the 24 Defendants filed their opposition to the Motion to Amend. (Doc. No. 19.) On May 25, 2021, 25 Plaintiff filed his reply to the motion. (Doc. No. 20.) On May 27, 2021, both the motion to 26 compel arbitration and the motion to amend the notice of removal were referred to Magistrate 27 Judge McAuliffe. 28 The motion to compel arbitration and the motion to amend involve intertwined issues. Therefore, in the interest of judicial economy, the Court will handle both motions in this order. Having considered the moving, opposition, reply papers, and the entire file, the Court recommends Defendants’ motion to compel arbitration be GRANTED and Plaintiff’s motion to amend…