Singh

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 Ashwant Singh, et al., No. 2:24-cv-00223-KJM-DB 12 Plaintiffs, ORDER 13 v. 14 Batteries Plus, L.L.C., et al., 1S Defendants. 16 17 In this dispute arising out of a franchise agreement, defendants move to compel arbitration 18 | and to dismiss the action or stay the case pending arbitration. For the reasons below, the court 19 | grants the motion. 20 | I. BACKGROUND 21 Plaintiff Ashwant Singh is the owner and operator of plaintiff Clean Future Technologies, 22 | LLC. Ashwant Decl. at 2, ECF No. 9-6.' Defendant Batteries Plus, LLC, a Wisconsin limited 23 | liability company, owns a national franchise that operates and franchises over 600 retail stores 24 | under the “Batteries Plus” trademark. Daher Decl. 4 3, ECF No. 8-8; see Franchise Agreement at 25 | 4, Pls.’ Ex. 1, ECF No. 9-1. Batteries Plus retail stores sell batteries, light bulbs and other related 26 | items and also offer device repair and other…