United States Ninth Circuit

Petition for writ of mandamus directing the district court to vacate its grant of a motion mid-arbitration to disqualify an arbitrator for evident partiality under 9 U.S.C. section 10(a)(2) is granted, where: 1) the district court erred in predicting that an award issue by the arbitrator would likely be vacated because of his "evident partiality" under section 10(a)(2); and 2) the district court's equitable concern that delays and expenses would result if an arbitration award were vacated was manifestly inadequate to justify a mid-arbitration intervention, regardless of the size and early stage of the arbitration.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/27/2015
• Published 01/27/2015

Judges

• Ikuta

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel