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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition For Removal--Other Contract

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PAULA BLAIR, ANDREA ROBINSON, and

FALECHIA HARRIS, individually and on

behalf of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

RENT-A-CENTER, INC., a Delaware

corporation, RENT-A-CENTER WEST, INC.,

a Delaware corporation, and DOES 1–50,

inclusive,

Defendants. /

No. C 17-02335 WHA

ORDER RE MOTION TO

COMPEL ARBITRATION

In June, defendants Rent-A-Center, Inc. and Rent-A-Center West, Inc. (collectively

“RAC”) moved to compel arbitration of the claims in this action based upon their 2015 contract

with plaintiff Paula Blair. With leave of the Court, Blair subsequently amended her complaint

adding plaintiffs Andrea Robinson and Falechia Harris. In the second amended complaint,

plaintiffs state that their contracts with RAC are materially identical to Blair’s (Dkt. No. 43 ¶

64), which is corroborated by examination of plaintiffs’ respective contracts, which they

appended to the second amended complaint (id. Exhs. 30–32).

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United States District Court

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Because the motion to compel arbitration is based upon the language in these contracts,

and not upon plaintiffs’ individual circumstances, the Court intends to treat the motion to compel

arbitration as directed at each plaintiff. If any party objects, it shall do so by no later than

AUGUST 30 AT NOON.

 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 28, 2017. WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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