Lawler v. Smith

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 9 10 M. SHAWN LAWLER et al., CASE NO. 3:24-cv-05985-DGE 11 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART 12 v. MOTION TO DISMISS 13 DAVID C. SMITH et al., 14 Defendant. 15 16 I INTRODUCTION 17 Before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and Compel Arbitration as to Counts 18 2–5 of Plaintiffs’ Complaint. (Dkt. No. 22.) This dispute arises from a series of agreements 19 dividing the Parties’ interests in two ventures they previously owned together: 20 Drivingplates.com, LLC and Third Law Productions, LLC. The…