Martinez-Gonzalez
Martinez-Gonzalez v. Elkhorn Packing Co., LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DARIO MARTINEZ-GONZALEZ, Case No. 18-cv-05226-EMC
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
POST-REMAND MOTION TO
v. COMPEL ARBITRATION
ELKHORN PACKING CO., LLC, et al., Docket Nos. 24, 121 Defendants.
12 13 Plaintiff Dario Martinez-Gonzalez sued Defendants Elkhorn Packing Co. (“Elkhorn”) and D’Arrigo Bros. Co. of California (“D’Arrigo,” and together with Elkhorn, “Defendants”) for alleged labor violations. Defendants previously moved to compel arbitration. Docket No. 24 (“MTC”). After a bench trial, the Court denied Defendants’ motion, concluding that the relevant arbitration agreements were invalid and unenforceable under the doctrines of economic duress and undue influence. Docket No. 67 (“Elkhorn I”). Defendants appealed. The Ninth Circuit reversed the Court’s unenforceability conclusions and remanded to this Court “to determine whether [Plaintiff’s] claims fall within the scope of the arbitration agreement.” See…