Perez v. DirecTV Group Holdings, LLC

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO COMPEL ARBITRATION (Docs. 18, 20)

JOSEPHINE L. STATON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Doneyda Perez brings this action alleging that DirecTV and the other Defendants engaged in a scheme to defraud small, minority-owned businesses by selling them commercial satellite cable television service, only to later claim that the businesses were not authorized to display DirecTV in a commercial establishment, and then threaten the business owners with litigation to extract a settlement payment. Defendants DirecTV Group Holdings, LLC, Lonstein…