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Campos vs. Chipotle Services, LLC, et. al., Case No. 20STCV04897

Tentative Ruling re: Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration

Defendant Chipotle Services, LLC (Defendant) moves to compel the arbitration of Plaintiff’s complaint. The motion is granted, and the proceedings are ordered stayed.

“On petition of a party to an arbitration agreement alleging the existence of a written agreement to arbitrate a controversy and that a party thereto refuses to arbitrate such controversy, the court shall order the plaintiff and the respondent to arbitrate the controversy if it determines that an agreement to arbitrate the controversy exists, unless it determines that: (a) The right to compel arbitration has been waived by the plaintiff; or (b) Grounds exist for the revocation of the agreement.” (Code Civ. Proc. §1281.2, subds. (a), (b).)

A proceeding to compel arbitration is in essence a suit in equity to compel specific performance of a contract. (Freeman v. State Farm