Towns

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LATESHA TOWNS, individually and on No. 2:22-cv-01757-DJC-AC 11 behalf of all others similarly situated, 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO REMAND v. AND MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION WEST CREEK FINANCIAL, INC., doing 15 business as KOALAFI; MATTRESS AND FURNITURE EXPRESS; and DOES 1–5, 17 Defendants. 18 19 Plaintiff LaTesha Towns brings a putative class action against Defendants West Creek Financial, Inc., doing business as Koalafi (“Koalafi”) and Mattress and Furniture Express (“Mattress Express”) for violations of various California consumer laws related to a “rent-to-own” transaction with Mattress Express financed by Koalafi. Koalafi moves to compel arbitration of Towns’s individual claims and to stay or dismiss the representative or class action claims. Plaintiff counters by moving to remand the case back to state court following removal under the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”), codified at 28 U.S.C. §…