Opinion ID: 653691
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Heading: Failure to Reschedule the Hearing

Text: 8 Gershman also contends that the arbitration panel was guilty of misconduct because it refused to grant him a second postponement of the arbitration hearing. See 9 U.S.C. Sec. 10(a)(3). If any reasonable basis exists for the arbitrators' decision not to postpone a hearing, we will not intervene. See Schmidt v. Finberg, 942 F.2d 1571, 1574-75 (11th Cir.1991). The record reveals an ample basis for the arbitrators' refusal to grant Gershman a second postponement. Therefore, the district court did not abuse its discretion when it concluded that the arbitrators' refusal to postpone the hearing was not misconduct. 9 We have carefully considered Gershman's other arguments and find them to be meritless.