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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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1 All parties have consented to the jurisdiction of a

United States Magistrate Judge for all proceedings including

entry of final judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636©). 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROYAL YATES,

Plaintiff(s),

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GUNNALLEN FINANCIAL and CURT

WILLIAMS,

Defendant(s).

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No. C05-1510 BZ

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE

MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION

OF ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

COMPEL ARBITRATION

Defendant GunnAllen Financial’s Motion for Leave to File

a Motion for Reconsideration of this Court’s Order Denying

defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration is DENIED.1

Unlike in Reddam, 457 F.3rd 1054 (9th Cir. 2006), the

agreement here clearly provides that disputes shall be

determined by arbitration before the NYSE or NASD at

plaintiff's election. The agreement in Reddam only stated

that the rules of a particular forum would be controlling. 

I also find that the language permitting plaintiff to

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select the forum constitutes an integral part of the agreement

to arbitrate not severable from that agreement. See id. at

1060. To ignore the language would be tantamount to erasing a

benefit explicitly granted to the plaintiff. 

For these reasons, I find no need for argument and

defendant’s motion is hereby DENIED.

Dated: October 5, 2006

Bernard Zimmerman 

 United States Magistrate Judge

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