Wheeler

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARK WHEELER, individually and on No. 1:22-cv-00459-NODJ-BAM behalf of all others similarly situated, 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S v. MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION AND DENYING AS MOOT DEFENDANT’S

LG ELECTRONICS USA, INC., MOTION TO TRANSFER VENUE, OR IN

THE ALTERNATIVE, TO DISMISS Defendant. (Doc. Nos. 18, 19, 30)

17 18 This matter is before the court on (1) the motion to transfer venue, or in the alternative, to dismiss, and (2) the motion to compel arbitration filed by defendant LG Electronics USA, Inc., (“LG”) on August 5, 2022, and February 23, 2023, respectively. (Doc. Nos. 18, 30.) In light of the public health emergency posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, defendant’s motion to transfer venue was taken under submission by the then-assigned district judge on the papers on August 8, 2022. (Doc. No. 20.) Defendant’s motion to…