Citibank, Plaintiff Seek to Stay TCPA Claims, Submit Them to Binding Arbitration
Plaintiff Rogerio Castillo and defendant Citibank seek to stay Castillo’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act case and submit his claims to “binding individual arbitration,” said their joint motion Tuesday (docket 3:23-cv-01007) in U.S. District Court for Southern California in San Diego.…
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The terms and conditions of the credit card agreement at issue in the case contain a binding arbitration provision requiring the parties to arbitrate their claims through the American Arbitration Association if either party makes a demand to arbitrate, it said. Citibank made that demand, it said. Castillo alleges Citibank phoned him more than 140 times to collect a debt on three credit card accounts after his lawyer sent a cease and desist letter Feb. 3 urging it to stop (see 2306010054).