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Fast Auto Loans, Inc. v. Joe Maldonado, et al.

Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, No. G058645 · judgment January 11, 2021


Certiorari denied · December 13, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

QUEST ION PRESENTED IsCali fornia ’sMcG i ll rule,underwhichagreements forindividual ized arbitra tion areinval ida ted when ap la inti ffseek s publ ic injunct iverel ief,preempt ed bythe FederalA rbi tration Ac t(“FAA ” ),9 U.S .C.§1 etseq. ,giventhisCou rt ’ shold ingsthat : • the FAArequir escourt sto“enfo r c ea rb itrat ion agreement sa cco rding to the ir terms, ”Lamp sPlu s,Inc .v.Vare la,139S . Ct .1407,1413(2019) ; • arb itration ag reements w ith term s requir ing“ ind ividual ized ”a rbi trat ionare “protec t[ed]pret tyabsolu tely”bytheFAA, Epic Systems Corp .v.L ewis, 138 S .C t . 1612,1621(2018 ) ; •s tatelawi spreemptedifit“standsasan obs ta c letothea ccompl ishmen tandexecut iono ftheful lpurposesandob j ect ives ” of the FAA , AT&T M obi lity LLC v. Concepc ion,563 U.S.333,352(2011) ; •s tatescanno tca rveoutparti cularca tego - r iesofdisputesfromth eoperat ionofthe FAA, Marme t H eal th Ca r eC tr. ,Inc.v. Brown,565 U.S.530,532(2012) ;and •s tate courts “must abide by the FAA, whichis‘thesup reme Lawo fthe Land , ’ U.S . Con s t.,A r t.V I ,c l.2, and bythe opinion so fthis Courtinterpret ingthat law,”Ni tro-Li ftT e chs .,L .L .C.v. Howard, 568 U.S .17 ,18(2012 )? ( i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Mark Jay Levin
Ballard Spahr LLP

For respondent
Deepak Gupta
Gupta Wessler PLLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Dec 13 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 23 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021.
  3. Nov 18 2021
    Reply of petitioner Fast Auto Loans, Inc. filed.
  4. Nov 08 2021
    Brief of respondents Joe Maldonado, et al. in opposition filed.
  5. Oct 20 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 8, 2021.
  6. Oct 19 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 25, 2021 to November 8, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Sep 21 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 25, 2021.
  8. Sep 19 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 24, 2021 to October 25, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Sep 16 2021
    Supplemental brief of petitioner Fast Auto Loans, Inc. filed.
  10. Aug 25 2021
    Response Requested. (Due September 24, 2021)
  11. Aug 11 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  12. Aug 04 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Joe Maldonado, et al. to respond filed.
  13. Jul 07 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 9, 2021)