Judge Refuses to Stay T-Mobile SIM Swap Case Headed for Arbitration

U.S. District Judge William Alsup for Northern California in San Francisco signed an order Tuesday (docket 5:22-cv-08030) directing plaintiff Seema Nair and defendant to voluntarily dismiss their dispute by noon PST Feb. 8. Nair and T-Mobile stipulate to resolve Nair’s claims through binding arbitration but asked that the action be stayed so the parties may eventually want to litigate the enforcement of any award issued by the arbitrator, said the judge's order. “That is not a basis for which this action may be held in abeyance,” it said. If the parties don’t voluntarily dismiss the case, Alsup will schedule a case management conference, his order said. T-Mobile’s “grossly negligent” and “reckless approach to security for SIM swap fraud” shows it tried “to profit from the problem rather than fix it,” alleged Nair in her Dec. 12 complaint (see 2212130031).