Campbell

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GWEN CAMPBELL, Case No. 21-cv-09309-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING EX PARTE

APPLICATION FOR TEMPORARY

v. RESTRAINING ORDER

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 4 Defendants.

Pending before the Court is Plaintiff Gwen Campbell’s Ex Parte Application for a Temporary Restraining Order against J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (together, “Defendants”). See Dkt. No. 4 (“Application”). The parties agree that the underlying dispute in this case is subject to mandatory binding arbitration. Id. at 9. Plaintiff did not file her arbitration action until December 9, 2021, nearly a month after emailing an unfiled version of the Application to certain of Defendants’ employees, and a week after filing the Application. Id. at 2-3; Dkt. No. 4-1 at 2-3. “To ensure that arbitration is not rendered meaningless by irreparable harm while [arbitration] is pending,” Campbell initially sought “a TRO 19…