UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MICHAEL ASHBEY, No. 12-55912 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 8:12-cv-00009- DOC-RNB ARCHSTONE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, INC., a corporation, Defendant-Appellant. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California David O. Carter, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 4, 2014—Pasadena, California

Filed May 12, 2015

Before: Jay S. Bybee, Carlos T. Bea, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bea 2 ASHBEY V. ARCHSTONE PROP. MGMT.

SUMMARY*

Arbitration

The panel held that employee Michael Ashbey knowingly waived his right to a judicial forum for his Title VII claim and equivalent state-law claims, reversed the district court’s order denying Archstone Property Management, Inc.’s motion to compel arbitration, and remanded