Drum Lodge, LLC v. Martel Construction, Inc.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ----oo0oo---- 11 12 DRUM LODGE, LLC, No. 2:24-cv-00219 WBS JDP 13 Plaintiff, 14 v. ORDER 15 MARTEL CONSTRUCTION, INC., 16 Defendant. 17 18 ----oo0oo---- 19 Congress passed the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. 20 ch. 1, in 1925, observing that “action should be taken at this 21 time when there is so much agitation against the costliness and 22 delays of litigation . . . these matters can be largely 23 eliminated by agreements for arbitration. . . .” H.R. Rep. No. 24 68-96, at 2 (1924). 25 Alas. What started here as a simple dispute about a 26 contract has morphed into this convoluted dispute about 27 arbitration. After the parties agreed to submit their dispute to 28 arbitration, plaintiff, unhappy with the arbitrators’ decision in 1 favor of defendant, has petitioned this court to vacate the 2 award. (Pet. (Docket No. 1); Mot. to Vacate (Docket No. 8).) 3 The matter is now before the court on…