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Uwaoma v. OTS Solutions, LLC, et al. — 9th Cir. (Oct 29, 2026)

No. 25-2174 Argued October 29, 2026 Published October 30, 2026

The Ninth Circuit considers whether a warehouse worker's wage-and-hour lawsuit must go to individual arbitration. Danielle Uwaoma describes receiving and scanning goods, stocking them, and preparing shipments for delivery. She brought a proposed class action against OTS Solutions and NFI. The district court denied the companies' motion to compel arbitration, applying a transportation-worker exemption. Section One of the Federal Arbitration Act excludes certain transportation workers' employment contracts from that federal law. Does handling shipments inside a warehouse put her within that exemption? An interlocutory appeal is an appeal before the whole lawsuit has ended. This argument concerns where and how the claims will be heard, not whether wage violations occurred.

Uwaoma v. OTS Solutions, LLC, et al. (No. 25-2174) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, argued October 29, 2026.

Sources
Argument audio — official Ninth Circuit recording, October 29, 2026:https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2026/10/29/25-2174.mp3
Official CA9 recording archive — No. 25-2174:https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/cases/streams-videos/archive?case=25-2174&hearingDate=2026-10-29
Official CA9 calendar — argument date, case synopsis and originating docket:https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/cases/calendar/calendar-week/?date=2026-10-28&loc=PAS
Written appellate docket — case, parties and procedural history:https://dockets.justia.com/docket/circuit-courts/ca9/25-2174
Prior ruling and warehouse duties — Stephen Benardo, Advocate, September 2025:https://www.advocatemagazine.com/article/2025-september/keeping-up-with-changes-in-employment-arbitration-law
Federal Arbitration Act, Section 1 — transportation-worker employment contracts:https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/9/1
Federal Arbitration Act, Section 16 — appeals:https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/9/16
28 U.S.C. Section 1292 — interlocutory decisions:https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1292
Legal term — interlocutory appeal:https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/interlocutory_appeal

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