No. 25-7129

Antonio Goodwin v. Cellular Sales Service Group, LLC

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-04-01
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: arbitration-award arbitrator-bias due-process employment-discrimination false-evidence vacatur
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether 9 U.S.C. § 10(a)(1) requires vacatur where an arbitration result was obtained through use of false employment records from Real Time Staffing Services LLC and EmployBridge LLC—entities that never employed Petitioner—and where opposing counsel expressly stated in writing that Petitioner was paid by Real Time Staffing Services LLC and that such records would be used to support dismissal.

2. Whether vacatur is required under 9 U.S.C. § 10(a)(2)-(3) where an arbitrator relied on incorrect factual statements, failed to consider substantial racial-discrimination evidence, and issued a dispositive ruling without a full hearing.

3. Whether due process is violated where courts fail to review evidence demonstrating that an arbitration award was based on false facts, fabricated employment records, misstatements of key evidence, institutional tolerance of arbitrator bias, and systemic failures within the American Arbitration Association.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether courts must vacate arbitration awards obtained through false employment records and deny due process where arbitrators rely on fabricated evidence and fail to consider substantial discrimination claims

Docket Entries

2026-04-16
Waiver of Cellular Sales Service Group, LLC of right to respond submitted.
2025-12-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 1, 2026)

Attorneys

Antonio Goodwin
Antonio Goodwin — Petitioner
Cellular Sales Service Group, LLC
Brandon Layne MorrowKramer Rayson LLP, Respondent