Legal Opinion
Canales v. University of Phoenix, Inc.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided April 5, 2012No. 2:11-cv-00181-JAWPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER REJECTING THE RECOMMENDED DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., Chief Judge.
Concluding that the employer’s arbitration agreement contains an illusory promise to arbitrate and is unenforceable, the Court rejects the Magistrate Judge’s Recommended Decision and denies the Defendant’s motion to compel arbitration.
I. BACKGROUND
A. The Motion to Compel Arbitration
On September 28, 2011, the University of Phoenix, Inc. (Phoenix) moved for an order compelling arbitration and dismissing, or in the alternative, staying the proceedings as to the claims of Liborio Canales, Jr. and…
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