Lovette

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MAHOGANY LOVETTE, Case No. 3:23-cv-03755-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: MOTION TO COMPEL

v. ARBITRATION

CCFI COMPANIES LLC, Re: Dkt. No. 16 Defendant.

12 Mahogany Lovette brings a wage and hour putative class action against CCFI Companies, LLC (“CCFI”), arising from her store manager work for Defendant from October 2021 through April 2022. Defendant moves to compel arbitration according to the terms of an arbitration agreement Lovette signed in 2018, during an earlier period of employment with CCFI. Lovette contends the 2018 arbitration agreement is unenforceable and should not apply to Lovette’s later period of CCFI employment. After carefully considering the briefing, and with the benefit of oral argument on December 19, 2023, the Court GRANTS CCFI’s motion to compel arbitration. The 2018 arbitration agreement delegates to the arbitrator the decision of whether the 2018 arbitration agreement applies to this dispute. So,…