Loewen
Loewen v. McDonnell, III
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 5 KATHRYN LOEWEN, CASE NO. 19-cv-00467-YGR
6 Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO COMPEL
7 vs. ARBITRATION AND DENYING MOTION TO
DISMISS
8 JOHN MCDONNELL, III, ET AL., Re: Dkt. No. 45 9 Defendants.
10 Plaintiff Kathryn Loewen brings this action against defendants John McDonnell III (“John 11 McDonnell”), The McDonnell Group, LLC (“TMG”), John “Jack” McDonnell II (“Jack 12 McDonnell”), Tony VanBrackle, Michael Bradley, Gary Bender, and Carneros Bay Capital LLC, 13 in connection with the alleged theft of her start-up company, Control Mobile, Inc. (“Control”). 14 (Dkt. No. 1 (“Compl.”).) 15 Now before the Court is defendants’ motion to compel arbitration and to dismiss pursuant 16 to the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), on grounds that the claims asserted in the complaint arise 17 from and are inextricable related to Control’s March 19, 2015 Amended and Restated Shareholder 18 Agreement. (Dkt. No. 45 (“Motion”).) Having carefully considered the papers submitted and…