Mendez
Mendez v. Loanme, Inc
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CAROLL KING MENDEZ, Case No. 20-cv-00002-BAS-AHG 11 Plaintiff, ORDER: v. (1) DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE
MOTION TO COMPEL
LOANME, INC.; JONATHAN ARBITRATION (ECF No. 9); WILLIAMS; and DOES 1–50,
AND
Defendants. (2) SETTING EVIDENTIARY
HEARING
16 Before the Court is Defendant LoanMe, Inc.’s and Jonathan Williams’ (collectively, “Defendants”) Motion to Compel Arbitration (“Motion”). (ECF No. 9.) For the foregoing reasons, the Court DENIES WITHOUT PREJUDICE the Motion. I. BACKGROUND On January 2, 2020, Plaintiff Caroll King Mendez (“Plaintiff”) filed a Complaint alleging that Defendants targeted him on the basis of his race and ethnicity for “a predatory loan that was funded without any underwriting safeguards for the sole purpose of failure[,]” in violations of various federal laws. (Compl. ¶ III.C, ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff alleges that although he pre-qualified for a $50,000 business loan…