DeMaria

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GINA DEMARIA, No. 2:23-cv-00296-DJC-CKD

Plaintiff, v. ORDER BIG LOTS STORES – PNS, LLC, et al., 14 Defendants.

Pending before the Court are Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand (ECF No. 18) and

Defendants’ Motion to Compel Arbitration (ECF No. 7). The Court held a hearing on

both motions on August 31, 2023 and ordered Defendants to file a revised

declaration for their Motion to Compel Arbitration and Plaintiff to file a sur-reply to the

Motion to Compel Arbitration. (ECF No. 27.) Following these filings (ECF Nos. 28, 29)

the Court took the matters under submission. For the reasons set forth below, the Court will DENY Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand, and GRANT Defendants’ Motion to Compel Arbitration. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Gina DeMaria filed this class action against Defendants in the Solano County Superior Court on October 18, 2022, alleging various wage and meal/rest 28 …