Aliff
Aliff v. Vervent, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JODY ALIFF, MARIE SMITH, Case No.: 20-cv-00697-DMS-AHG HEATHER TURREY, individually and 12 on behalf of all others similarly situated, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ Plaintiffs,
MOTION TO COMPEL
14 v. ARBITRATION 15 VERVENT, INC. fka FIRST ASSOCIATES LOAN SERVICING,
LLC; ACTIVATE FINANCIAL, LLC;
DAVID JOHNSON; CHRISTOPHER
SHULER; LAWRENCE CHIAVARO;
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS,
20 Defendants. 21 Pending before the Court are two separate motions to compel arbitration: one filed by Defendant Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (“DBTCA”), and one filed by Defendants Vervent, Inc., Activate Financial, LLC, David Johnson, Christopher Shuler, and Lawrence Chiavaro (the “Vervent Defendants”). Plaintiffs filed an opposition, and DBTCA and the Vervent Defendants each filed a reply. For the following reasons, the Court grants DBTCA’s motion and denies the Vervent Defendants’ motion. 28 …