Youlin Wang v. Forensic Professional Group USA, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 YOULIN WANG, Case No. 20-cv-08033-BLF
Petitioner,
ORDER DENYING RESPONDENT’S
v. MOTION TO COMPEL
ARBITRATION
RICHARD KAHN, [Re: ECF No. 114] Respondent.
12 This action for injunctive relief arises from an arbitration regarding fees for the tax services provided in association with two real estate sales in Palo Alto, California (the “Arbitration”). In November 2019, Respondent Richard Kahn and Forensic Professionals Group USA, Inc. (“FPG”) initiated the Arbitration to recover unpaid fees against Petitioner Youlin Wang, as well as Petitioner’s former attorney Derek Longstaff. ECF No. 1 (“Pet.”) ¶¶ 24-25. After learning of the Arbitration, Petitioner filed this action in the Northern District of California, seeking to enjoin Kahn and FPG from pursuing the Arbitration and to enjoin Longstaff from purporting to act on Petitioner’s behalf in the Arbitration. Pet. ¶¶ 37-69. …