Gaspar Salas v. GE Oil & Gas

EDWARD C. PRADO, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellee Gaspar Salas brought claims against Defendant-Appellant GE Oil & Gas (“GE”) for discrimination and retaliation. The district court granted GE’s motion to compel arbitration and dismissed the case. However, the court later reopened the case and withdrew its prior order compelling arbitration. Because the district court lacked jurisdiction to do so, we VACATE and REMAND for further proceedings consistent with this decision.

I. BACKGROUND

Salas is a former employee of GE. When Salas accepted employment at GE’s predecessor, Dresser, Inc., he agreed…