Hall-Johnson
Hall-Johnson v. CITIBANK, N.A
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 CARNEICE KATHRINE HALL- Case No. 23-cv-05378-JST
JOHNSON,
8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S 9 MOTION TO COMPEL v. ARBITRATION 10 CITIBANK, N.A, Re: ECF No. 8 11 Defendant.
12 13 Before the Court is a motion to compel arbitration brought by Defendant Citibank, N.A. 14 ECF No. 8. The arbitration provision at issue is part of Citibank’s client manual. The Court 15 concludes that Citibank’s evidence does not establish that Plaintiff Carneice Kathrine Hall- 16 Johnson was ever given a copy of the arbitration agreement, or that she assented to its terms. 17 However, the evidence before the Court also does not conclusively establish that no agreement 18 was formed. Accordingly, the Court concludes that a trial is necessary regarding the formation of 19 the alleged arbitration agreement, and Citibank’s motion will be held in abeyance pending the 20 resolution of that proceeding. 21 I. BACKGROUND 22 Hall-Johnson alleges that on June…