Rossi

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 EDWARD ROSSI, et al., Case No. 23-cv-04148-PCP

8 Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

9 v. COMPEL ARBITRATION IN PART

AND DENYING LEAVE TO AMEND

10 REUBEN TIMOTHY PURVIS, III, et al.,

Defendants. 11

12 13 Plaintiffs in this matter are a company named StormQuant and one of its major 14 shareholders, Edward Rossi. Defendants are StormQuant’s former CEO Reuben Timothy Purvis 15 III, his wife Heather Purvis, and an LLC established by Mr. and Mrs. Purvis. In response to this 16 lawsuit, defendants moved to compel the arbitration of plaintiffs’ claims in this federal action as 17 well as plaintiffs’ claims in a pending state court lawsuit. Defendants do so on the basis of an 18 arbitration provision in a 2021 agreement between Mr. Purvis and StormQuant that Mr. Rossi 19 signed on StormQuant’s behalf. 20 In response to defendants’ motion, plaintiffs argue that the 2021 agreement and its 21 arbitration provision are not enforceable, that Mrs. Purvis and the LLC cannot rely upon…