Export Development Canada v. Custom Produce Sales

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EXPORT DEVELOPMENT CANADA, No. 1:21-cv-00684-DAD-SKO Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION,

CUSTOM PRODUCE SALES, DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO

DISMISS, AND STAYING THIS CASE

Defendant. (Doc. No. 8)

17 This matter is before the court on the motion to compel arbitration and to dismiss filed by defendant Custom Produce Sales (“Custom”) on May 21, 2021. (Doc. No. 8.) Pursuant to General Order No. 617 addressing the public health emergency posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the pending motion was taken under submission on the papers. (Doc. No. 10.) For the

22 The undersigned apologizes for the excessive delay in the issuance of this order. This court’s overwhelming caseload has been well publicized and the long-standing lack of judicial resources in this district long-ago reached crisis proportion. While that situation was partially addressed by the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of a district…