UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ROBERT W. AHLSTROM, No. 20-15114 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 5:19-cv-03435- BLF DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD., L.P., OPINION Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Beth Labson Freeman, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 5, 2021 San Francisco, California

Filed December 29, 2021 Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges, and Dean D. Pregerson, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Pregerson

* The Honorable Dean D. Pregerson, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation. 2 AHLSTROM V. DHI MORTGAGE CO.

SUMMARY *

Arbitration

The panel reversed the district c