Ayeni-Aarons

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 OSBERT AYENI-AARONS, No. 2:18-cv-01625-MCE-KJN Plaintiff, v. ORDER BEST BUY CREDIT SERVICES/CBNA, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 The Court granted Defendant Citibank, N.A.’s (“Citibank”) Motion to Compel Arbitration almost four years ago in August 2019. See ECF No. 53. On April 19, 2023, the parties’ Joint Status Report stated that arbitration had not yet commenced because Plaintiff Osbert Ayeni-Aarons (“Plaintiff”) and Citibank disagreed on who should initiate it. See ECF No. 81. The Court admonished both parties for the immense delay and ordered that Plaintiff initiate arbitration since it was his case. See ECF No. 82. Plaintiff was given thirty (30) days to initiate arbitration and warned that his “failure to comply with this Order will result in the imposition of sanctions for failure to prosecute and/or to comply with the applicable rules and orders of this Court without further notice.” Id. On June 21, 2023, approximately two and…