Slade

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 JEUL SLADE, Case No. 20-cv-9301-YGR

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO REMAND; v.

DENYING RENEWED MOTION TO COMPEL

ARBITRATION AS MOOT; VACATING

EMPIRE TODAY , et al., H EARING Defendants. Dkt. No. 20, 21

13 Plaintiff Jeul Slade filed his motion to remand this action to state court on March 10, 2021. 14 (Dkt. No. 20.) Nine days later, defendant Empire Today, LLC filed its renewed motion to compel plaintiff to arbitrate claims and to dismiss action with prejudice. (Dkt. No. 21.)1 16 Having carefully considered the papers submitted and the pleadings in this action, and for 17 the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS the Motion to Remand and DENIES the Renewed Motion to Compel as Moot.2 19 Defendant removed this action alleging violations of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, 20 15 U.S:C. §§ 1681b(b)(2)(A)(i)-(ii), 1681d(a)(1) and 1681g(c), from the Superior Court of 21 California, County of Alameda on grounds of federal question jurisdiction under 28…