West
West v. Reliant Financial Corporation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
INTRODUCTION
24 Plaintiff Tracee West (“Plaintiff”) brought this suit in the Superior Court of 25 California in September 2019. Plaintiff alleges violations of numerous state and federal 26 laws, as well as common law torts, against Defendants Reliant Financial Corporation dba 27 Gold Acceptance (“Defendant Reliant”) and Alliance Credit Services, Inc. (“Defendant 28 Alliance”) (collectively “Defendants”). In April 2020, Defendant Experian Information Solutions, Inc. removed this case to federal court, and Defendants Reliant and Alliance filed a Motion to Compel Arbitration and request a Stay of the proceedings against them. See Doc. No. 10. The Motion has been fully briefed. For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motion. BACKGROUND In July 2015, Plaintiff and Dehesa Auto Sales LLC (“Dealer”), who is not a party to the action, entered into a Retail Installment Sales Contract (“RISC”) concerning Plaintiff’s purchase of a used vehicle. The RISC contains an arbitration agreement which requires parties to the contracts, as well as their employees, agents, successors or assigns, to 11 …