Gabriella

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TABAK GABRIELLA, Case No. 21-cv-08460-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER FOR SUPPLEMENTAL

BRIEFING ON MOTION TO COMPEL

v. ARBITRATION

RECOLOGY INC., Re: Dkt. No. 21 Defendant.

12 Pending before the Court is Defendant Recology Inc.’s motion to compel arbitration. See Dkt. No. 21. In her opposition, Plaintiff Gabriella Tabak argues that she never signed an employment agreement with Defendant—her late husband did—so she cannot be bound by the arbitration provision. See Dkt. No. 27 at 1–2, 16–17. In short, the question before the Court is whether there is a valid agreement to arbitrate between the parties. See Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc., 139 S. Ct. 524, 530 (2019) (“[B]efore referring a dispute to an arbitrator, the court determines whether a valid arbitration agreement exists.”). However, the parties do not squarely address each other’s arguments. Plaintiff, for her part,…