Khalil Abdul-Aziz v. Enfin Corp., Hatch Bank, and Does 1–10

Summary

The United States District Court for the Southern District of California granted Defendants’ motion to compel arbitration and stayed the proceedings. The court held that the parties clearly and unmistakably delegated the threshold question of arbitrability to the arbitrator and therefore declined to reach the parties’ remaining arguments.

Holdings

1. The parties clearly and unmistakably delegated the threshold question of arbitrability to the arbitrator.
2. The court must stay the case while arbitration is pending.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the parties clearly and unmistakably delegated the threshold question of arbitrability to the arbitrator.
2. Whether the action should be stayed pending completion of arbitration.

Disposition

other