Doe
Doe v. TruthFinder, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ROBERT WILLIAMS, Case No. 21-cv-06559-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE ARBITRATION
v.
TRUTHFINDER, LLC, Defendant.
Plaintiff Robert Williams, on behalf of himself and several putative classes, has sued defendant TruthFinder, LLC, which provides online background check services. The claims are alleged under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681, the California Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act, Cal. Civil Code § 1786, and the California Unfair Competition Law, Cal. Bus. & Profs. Code § 17200. Dkt. No. 7. The gravamen of the complaint is that Williams’s girlfriend broke up with him after buying a TruthFinder report which indicted that he was a convicted sex offender. See id. ¶ 12. Williams denies that is true. Truthfinder asks to compel arbitration pursuant to its Terms of Use & Conditions of Sale (the “ToS”), or alternatively to dismiss the complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Dkt. No. 9. The case is ordered to…