Breazeale v. Victim Services, Inc.

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION

VINCE CHHABRIA, United States District Judge

The first question presented by this motion to compel arbitration is whether the Federal Arbitration Act applies to a contract between a local prosecutor and a criminal suspect about how to address a potential state-law criminal violation. It does not.

The second question is whether California law allows arbitration of a dispute, between a citizen and the government or its agents, arising out of the exercise of the government’s criminal law enforcement powers. It does not.

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The California Legislature has…