Reina Gonzalez v. Food Management Partners, Inc.
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United States District Court Central District of California
11 REINA GONZALEZ, MARIA Case № 19-CV-08496-ODW (ASx) AGUILAR, ROSARIO FELIX, and 12 ESPERANZA JIMENEZ on behalf of themselves and all others similarly ORDER RE: MOTION TO COMPEL 13 situated.
INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION, AND
Plaintiffs, DISMISS OR STAY ACTION [40]
FOOD MANAGEMENT PARTNERS,
17 INC.; BUFFETS, LLC, FMP- OVATION PAYROLL, LLC and DOES 18 1–10, inclusive.
Defendants.
20 I. INTRODUCTION Before the Court is a Motion to Compel Individual Arbitration and Dismiss or 23 Stay Action (“Motion”) filed by Defendants Food Management Partners, Inc., Buffets 24 LLC, and FMP-Ovation Payroll, LLC (“Defendants”) on April 17, 2020. (Mot., ECF 25 No. 40.) Plaintiffs Reina Gonzalez, Maria Aguilar, Rosario Felix, and Esperanza 26 Jimenez (“Plaintiffs”) opposed on April 27, 2020. (Opp’n to Mot. (“Opp’n”), ECF 27 No. 42.) Defendants replied on May 4, 2020. (Reply to Opp’n, (“Reply”), ECF 28 No. 43.) As shown below, there is a threshold …