Jones v. GGNSC PIERRE LLC

OPINION AND ORDER COMPELLING ARBITRATION

ROBERTO A. LANGE, District Judge.

I. Introduction

The Defendants in this case seek to compel arbitration under a contract provision specifying binding arbitration “in accordance with the National Arbitration Forum Code of Procedure.” The National Arbitration Forum (“NAF”), however, has entered into a Consent Judgment where it no longer arbitrates consumer disputes, such as the one at issue in this case. (Doc. 42 at Exhibit H). A split in authority exists over whether the unavailability of the NAF as a forum for consumer disputes renders arbitration…