Isozaki

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DONALD ISOZAKI, Case No. 21-cv-091-YGR

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO COMPEL v.

ARBITRATION; DENYING MOTION FOR

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION; AND DENYING

R etE aS lO ., LUTE CAPITAL PARTNERS, LTD. LLC, MOTION TO SEAL Dkt. Nos. 9, 12, 21 11 Defendants.

By its January 19, 2021 Order (Dkt. No. 26), the Court granted requests to hear, on 13 shortened time, the motion of plaintiff Donald Isozaki for preliminary injunction and the motion of 14 defendants Resolute Capital Partners LTD., LLC, et al. to compel arbitration. Those motions were 15 heard by the Court on February 2, 2021 by videoconference. 16 Having carefully considered the briefing and arguments submitted in this matter, and for 17 18 the reasons set forth in full detail on the record, the motion to compel arbitration is GRANTED and 19 the motion for preliminary injunction is DENIED. The gateway issues of enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate and a dispute’s 20 arbitrability can reserved to the arbitrator where, as here, the arbitration…