Maharaj
Maharaj v. Charter Communications, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DEVANAN MAHARAJ, Case No. 20-cv-00064-BAS-WVG
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING JOINT
v. MOTION TO CONFIRM
ARBITRATION AWARD AND
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
TO LIFT STAY
Defendant. (ECF No. 70)
17 On October 27, 2021, the Court compelled to arbitration Plaintiff Devanan 18 Maharaj’s individual wage-and-hour claims pursuant to the Mutual Arbitration 19 Agreement (“MAA”) he had executed with Defendant Charter Communications, Inc., 20 dismissed the wage-and-hour claims brought on a classwide basis, and stayed Maharaj’s 21 Private Attorney General Act claim. (Arbitration Order at 21, ECF No. 67.) Arbitration 22 between Maharaj and Charter Communications ensued beginning in October 2022. (Joint 23 Mot. at 2, ECF No. 70.) Shortly thereafter, Maharaj moved for the agreed-upon arbitrator 24 to set aside the MAA as procedurally and substantively unconscionable. (Joint Mot. at 25 2.) The arbitrator granted that motion,…