Acosta v. Master Maintenance & Construction Inc.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

The United States is a party to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (“Convention”), which Congress has implemented at 9 U.S.C. § 201, et seq. (“Convention Act”). Among the Convention Act’s provisions are jurisdictional grants giving the federal district courts original and removal jurisdiction over cases related to arbitration agreements falling under the Convention. This appeal asks whether Appellants’ action is related to an arbitration agreement falling under the Convention and therefore removable to federal court, and…