Jackson v. Amazon.com, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 DRICKEY JACKSON, individually and Case No.: 20-cv-2365-WQH-BGS on behalf of all others similarly situated,
ORDER
Plaintiff, 12 v.
AMAZON.COM, INC.,
14 Defendant. 15 HAYES, Judge: The matter before the Court is the Motion to Compel Arbitration, Dismiss, or, in the Alternative, to Stay filed by Defendant Amazon.com, Inc. (ECF No. 15). I. BACKGROUND On February 19, 2021, Plaintiff Drickey Jackson filed a First Amended Class Action Complaint (“FAC”) against Defendant Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon”). (ECF No. 11). In the FAC, Plaintiff alleges that he is a member of the Amazon Flex program—“a program by which Amazon pays regular people to deliver packages.” (Id. ¶ 11). Plaintiff alleges that he and many of the other approximately 800 Flex drivers joined “closed” or private Facebook groups to discuss “a myriad of issues surrounding their employment,” including strikes, protests, pay, benefits, deliveries, working conditions, and unionizing efforts. (Id. ¶¶ 2, 14). Plaintiff alleges that he has been…