Pestarino

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 ANDREW PESTARINO, Case No. 19-cv-07890-BLF

9 Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

10 v. MOTION TO COMPEL

ARBITRATION

11 FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, [Re: ECF 14] 12 Defendant. 13

14 15 Defendant Ford Motor Company (“Ford”) moves to compel arbitration of the claims 16 asserted by Plaintiff Andrew Pestarino (“Pestarino”) and stay the action pending arbitration. The 17 Court has considered the briefing, the relevant law, and the oral arguments presented at the 18 hearing on May 21, 2020. The motion is DENIED for the reasons discussed below. 19 I. BACKGROUND 20 Pestarino filed this “lemon law” suit against Ford in the Santa Clara County Superior Court 21 on October 22, 2019. See Compl., ECF 1-4. He filed the operative first amended complaint 22 (“FAC”) on November 25, 2019, asserting two claims under California’s Song Beverly Consumer 23 Warranty Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 1790, et seq.…