Sterling Financial Investment Group, Inc. v. Hammer

COX, Circuit Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

Bernard D. Hammer appeals an order entered by the district court in the Southern District of Florida granting Sterling Financial Investment Group Inc.’s motion to stay arbitration in Houston, Texas and compel arbitration in Boca Raton, Florida. We conclude that the district court properly exercised jurisdiction in this case pursuant to section 4 of the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 4 (2004). Accordingly, we affirm.

II. BACKGROUND & PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Bernard Hammer, a stockbroker at Morgan Stanley/Dean Witter in Beaumont, Texas, was approached by the…