San Diego Judge Sends Wells Fargo TCPA Case to Arbitration

U.S. District Judge Anthony Battaglia for Southern California in San Diego signed an order Tuesday (docket 3:22-cv-01697) granting the joint motion and stipulation of plaintiff Mario Vega and defendant Wells Fargo Bank sending Vega’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act dispute with the bank to arbitration. Vega’s action is stayed in its entirety until the arbitration is complete, said the order. The parties are to file monthly status reports, it said. Vega’s action is one of two cases pending in the San Diego court accusing Wells Fargo of TCPA wrongdoing (see 2211210012). Vega filed his complaint Nov. 1, and Wells Fargo never answered it with a motion for dismissal or to compel arbitration.