Drum Lodge, LLC v. Martel Construction, Inc.

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