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N.D. Cal.Procedural orderFiled Feb. 13, 2023

Meeks at al. v. Consumer Adjustment Company, Inc.

Judge
Vince Chhabria
Docket
3:21-cv-03266
Court
U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
Pages
1
ArbitrationCivil Procedure
In one sentence

In Meeks v. Experian, Judge Chhabria granted Experian’s arbitration motion and dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims against Experian without prejudice.

Who this affects

The plaintiffs’ claims against Experian Information Solutions, Inc. were dismissed without prejudice, and those claims were ordered to arbitration. The caption was also updated to include Consumer Adjustment Company, Inc. and the other defendants.

What happened

In Meeks at al. v. Consumer Adjustment Company, Inc., the court ruled on Experian Information Solutions, Inc.’s request to require arbitration.

The court granted Experian’s motion to compel arbitration, relying on a recent Ninth Circuit decision. It dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims against Experian without prejudice.

Judge Vince Chhabria ordered the clerk to update the case caption to include Consumer Adjustment Company, Inc. and the other defendants.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Meeks at al. v. Consumer Adjustment Company, Inc. · No. 3:21-cv-03266
Judge
Vince Chhabria
Date
Feb. 13, 2023

Background

The opinion concerns plaintiffs’ claims against Experian Information Solutions, Inc. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the parties’ arguments in detail.

Ruling

The court granted Experian’s motion to compel arbitration. It stated that the ruling was made pursuant to a recent Ninth Circuit decision and cited Johnmohammadi v. Bloomingdale's, Inc.

The court dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims against Experian without prejudice. That wording means the dismissal did not bar those claims from being brought again, although the opinion does not explain what further proceedings may occur. The clerk was directed to update the caption to “Meeks at al. v. Consumer Adjustment Company, Inc. et al.”

Disposition

Experian’s motion to compel arbitration was granted. The plaintiffs’ claims against Experian were dismissed without prejudice. The opinion does not state a ruling on the merits of those claims.

The authoritative version

Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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