Ofelia Ramirez v. LQ Management, L.L.C.

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United States District Court Central District of California

11 OFELIA RAMIREZ, Case № 2:19-CV-06507-ODW (JPRx)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v.

COMPEL ARBITRATION [17]

14 LQ MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. dba LA QUINTA INN & SUITES, et al.,

Defendants.

17 I. INTRODUCTION Before the Court is Defendant LQ Management, L.L.C.’s (“LQ”) Motion to 20 Compel Arbitration (“Motion”). (ECF No. 17.) For the reasons that follow, the Court 21 GRANTS LQ’s Motion.1 II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND LQ is a Delaware limited liability company doing business as La Quinta Inn 24 and Suites. (Notice of Removal Ex. A (“Compl.”) ¶¶ 1, 2, ECF No. 1-1.) LQ 25 employed Plaintiff Ofelia Ramirez for thirty-nine years. (Compl. ¶ 8.) Ramirez held 26 various positions throughout her employment and at the time of her termination on

28 1 Having carefully considered the papers filed in connection with the Motion, the Court deemed the matter appropriate for decision without oral argument. Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; C.D. Cal.…