Massel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MICHAEL MASSEL, Case No. 23-cv-02389-PCP

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. COMPEL ARBITRATION

SUCCESSFULMATCH.COM, Defendant.

12 Plaintiff Michael Massel bring this putative class action against defendant SuccessfulMatch.com doing business as Millionaire Match.1 Mr. Massel alleges in his complaint that Millionaire Match, the “largest millionaire dating service,” violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. Millionaire Match has moved under the Federal Arbitration Act to compel individual arbitration of Mr. Massel’s claims, arguing that Mr. Massel agreed to Millionaire Match’s Service Agreement and the arbitration provision therein when he created his Millionaire Match account. For the reasons set forth below, the Court concludes that Millionaire Match has not shown that Mr. Massel assented to its Service Agreement and its motion to compel arbitration under that agreement is therefore denied. I. Background …