Reed v. Darden Restaurants, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ROBERT C. CHAMBERS, CHIEF JUDGE

Pending before the Court is Defendant Darden Restaurants, Inc., d/b/a Olive Garden’s Motion to Compel Arbitration and to Dismiss or, in the Alternative, to Stay this Proceeding Pending Arbitration.1 (ECF No. 2). For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS the Motion to Compel Arbitration and DISMISSES this case without prejudice pending arbitration.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This action was brought by Plaintiff Tyrone Reed under diversity jurisdiction. See 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (providing, in part, that “district courts shall have…