In the United States Court of Appeals For the Second Circuit

August Term, 2022 No. 22-1747

BENZION RABINOWITZ, Petitioner-Appellant,

v.

LEVI KELMAN, Respondent-Appellee.

On Appeal from a Judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

ARGUED: MARCH 1, 2023 DECIDED: JULY 24, 2023

Before: JACOBS, PARK, and NARDINI, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner-Appellant Benzion Rabinowitz appeals from a July 14, 2022, judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Nelson S. Román, Judge) dismissing his petition to confirm an arbitral award. The court held that a forum selection clause in the parties’ arbitration agreement required that any confirmation action be brought in the state courts of New Jersey or New York, and that this deprived the district court of subject matter jurisdiction. We