General Teamsters Local 439 v. Leprino Foods Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GENERAL TEAMSTERS LOCAL #439, No. 2:21-cv-00563-MCE-CKD affiliated with INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, Plaintiff, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER v. LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY, Defendant. 17 On March 4, 2021, Plaintiff General Teamsters Local #439 (“Plaintiff”) filed a Petition to Compel Arbitration (“Petition”) in the Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin, against Defendant Leprino Foods Company (“Defendant”), seeking to order Defendant “to submit the outstanding dispute to the grievance and arbitration procedures set forth in the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement . . . and to otherwise comply with the grievance and arbitration procedures required by said agreement . . . .” Ex. 1, Not. Removal, ECF No. 1, at 9. Defendant timely removed the Petition to this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331. Presently before the Court are two motions: (1) Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Arbitration, ECF No. 6, and (2) Defendant’s Motion for…