Kathleen Denise Shirley v. Maxicare Texas, Inc.

Plaintiff-appellant Kathleen Denise Shirley (Shirley) appeals a district court ruling ordering arbitration of her dispute and a subsequent ruling confirming the arbitration judgment. She contends that the district court lacked jurisdiction to order the parties to arbitrate their dispute and lacked jurisdiction to subsequently confirm the arbitration judgment.

Shirley originally filed suit in Texas state court, arguing that defendant-appellee Maxicare Texas, Inc. (Maxicare) wrongfully applied a change in its health insurance policy retroactively to her. Under its original policy, Maxicare…