Adams v. AT & T MOBILITY, LLC

ORDER

RICHARD A. JONES, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter comes before the court on motions to compel arbitration pending in this case and in Stoican v. Cellco P’ship, No. C10-1017RAJ. In each case, the Defendant is a wireless phone service provider invoking § 4 of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) (9 U.S.C. § 4) to force arbitration of a claim from a consumer who prefers to litigate the dispute in court. AT & T Mobility, LLC (“ATTM”) is the Defendant in this case, and Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless (‘Verizon”), is the Defendant in the Stoican case. The only…