Mohamad

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ELAA MOHAMAD, et al., Case No. 21-cv-03867-JCS Plaintiffs, 8 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO COMPEL PLAINTIFF TO X-THERMA INC., et al., ARBITRATION 10 Defendants. Re: Dkt. No. 30

12 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Elaa Mohamad was employed by Defendant X-Therma as Chief Business Officer until September 2020, when he was terminated. He asserts that his termination was discriminatory, breached his employment contract and was in retaliation for his complaints about racist and offensive conduct by employees of X-Therma and by its CEO, Defendant Xiaoxi Wei. He also asserts that X-Therma and Wei violated the Federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, and the California False Claims Act, Cal. Gov’t. Code section 12650, and that his termination was in retaliation for his whistleblowing activity in connection with these violations. Presently before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to Compel Plaintiff to…