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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441wt Removal- Employment (Wrongful Termination)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DANIEL VALLE, 

Plaintiff,

vs. 

AT&T MOBILITY SERVICES, LLC, et al., 

Defendants.

 CASE NO. 18cv1464-LAB (WVG) 

ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO 

COMPEL ARBITRATION [Dkt. 5] 

 

 The parties ask for a stay while they arbitrate. The Court “shall on application of one 

of the parties stay the trial of the action until such arbitration has been had.” 9 U.S.C. § 3. 

But the “Ninth Circuit has held that § 3 does not impose a mandatory duty to stay on district 

courts. Thus, even where a party seeks a stay under § 3, the court has discretion to dismiss 

under Rule 12(b)(6) if it finds that all of the claims before it are arbitrable.” KKE Architects, 

Inc. v. Diamond Ridge, 2008 WL 637603, at *5 (C.D. Cal. Mar. 3, 2008) (citing cases). 

 The Court agrees all claims here are fit for arbitration. But rather than have this case 

sit on the docket, it should be dismissed, and the parties can file a petition to confirm an 

arbitration award later. The Court orders the parties to file either a joint motion to dismiss, 

or a three-page joint memorandum explaining why the Court shouldn’t dismiss the case, by 

July 26, 2018. The joint motion to compel arbitration is granted, but the stay is denied. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 12, 2018 

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge 

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