New South Federal Savings Bank v. Anding

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

WINGATE, Chief Judge.

Before this court is the plaintiffs motion to compel arbitration. The plaintiff is New South Federal Savings Bank (“New South”), a federally chartered savings bank 1 with its principal place of busi ness in Birmingham, Alabama. The defendants are all litigants in related state court proceedings before the Chancery Court for the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi. The complaint in the instant case asks this court to compel arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), Title 9 U.S.C. § 4. 2 New South predicates…