Happe v. Block, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION CHLOE HAPPE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) Case No. 4:24-cv-00622-MTS ) BLOCK, INC., ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER The Federal Arbitration Act does not confer subject matter jurisdiction on federal courts. See Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC v. Johnson, 952 F.3d 978, 980 n.2 (8th Cir. 2020). Therefore, before the Court can determine whether to stay the proceedings here pursuant to

9 U.S.C. § 3

and the parties’ Joint Motion to Stay, the Court must be assured it has diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) as…