United States Sixth Circuit

In an optometrist's action claiming employment discrimination based on his military service and his age, order staying the action and compelling arbitration of the matter is affirmed where: 1) the district court correctly held that the claims at issue were subject to the arbitration clause of the employment agreement; 2) Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) claims are arbitrable; and 3) the district court properly determined that it lacked supplemental jurisdiction over a state claim of unlicensed practice of optometry.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/11/2008
• Published 08/11/2008

Judges

• Before SILER and COLE, Circuit Judges;  CLELAND, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Edward Brian Davis, Davis Law Office, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant.  Edward J. Smith, Smith, Greenberg & Napier, PLLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Myrle L. Davis, Kruger, Schwartz & Morreau, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant.  Edward J. Smith, Smith, Greenberg & Napier, PLLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellees.