Rodriguez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ, Case No. 3:22-cv-07222-JD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE ARBITRATION

v.

TWITTER, INC., et al., Defendants.

Named plaintiff Francisco Rodriguez sued defendants Twitter, Inc. and Magnit, LLC f/k/a PRO Unlimited, Inc. (Magnit), on behalf of himself and a putative class of other employees who were employed by Twitter through Magnit, a payroll administration company. Dkt. No. 1 (original complaint); Dkt. No. 41 (amended complaint). Rodriguez alleges that recent layoffs by Twitter violated federal and state laws. He also seeks to recover civil penalties on behalf of California for California Labor Code violations suffered by himself and other employees under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), Cal. Lab. Code § 2698 et seq. See Dkt. No. 41 at 6-7. Twitter and Magnit ask for an order compelling Rodriguez’s individual claims to arbitration pursuant to the parties’ arbitration agreement and the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). Dkt. Nos. 26, 27, 42,…