Capriole v. Uber Technologies, Inc.
- Edward Chen
- 3:20-cv-02211
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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In Capriole v. Uber Technologies, Inc., Judge Chen dismissed the case without prejudice after compelling arbitration, and said the dismissal was final and appealable.
The plaintiffs and defendants in the case. The case was dismissed without prejudice after the court granted the defendants’ motion to compel arbitration.
What happened
In Capriole v. Uber Technologies, Inc., the court had previously denied the plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction and granted the defendants’ request to require arbitration.
Neither side opposed dismissing the case. The court therefore dismissed the case without prejudice, meaning the dismissal did not bar a later filing.
Judge Edward Chen said the dismissal order was final and could be appealed, and that certification to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit was not necessary.
The detailed version
- Capriole v. Uber Technologies, Inc. · No. 3:20-cv-02211
- Edward Chen
- May 24, 2020
Background
On May 14, 2020, the court denied the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction and granted the defendants’ motion to compel arbitration, meaning the court required the parties to resolve their dispute through arbitration rather than in court.
Ruling
Because neither party opposed dismissal, the court ordered that the case be dismissed without prejudice. The opinion cites the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Green Tree Financial Corp.-Alabama v. Randolph in support of that disposition.
Appealability
The court stated that certification under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) was not necessary to make its order appealable. It distinguished a Ninth Circuit case in which a district court compelled arbitration and stayed the case, followed by the plaintiffs’ voluntary dismissal. Here, the district court itself ordered dismissal. The court therefore stated that its order was final and appealable.
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