Kaishauna Guidry, M.D., H.M.D.C., an individual v. Vitas Healthcare Corporation...

9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA KAISHAUNA GUIDRY, M.D., Case No.: 24-cv-00176-H-MMP H.M.D.C., an individual, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S Plaintiff, 14 MOTION TO CONFIRM v. ARBITRATION AWARD VITAS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA, a Delaware corporation; and DOES 1 through 25, Defendants.

20 On December 21, 2023, Plaintiff Kaishauna Guidry, M.D., H.M.D.C. (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego. (Doc. No. 1- 2.) On January 25, 2024, Defendant VITAS Healthcare Corporation of California (“Defendant”) removed the case to this Court. (Doc. No. 1.) On May 9, 2024, the Court granted Defendant’s motion to compel arbitration of Plaintiff’s claims. (Doc. No. 20.)

25 The parties proceeded to arbitration and, on November 7, 2025, the arbitrator issued the following award: 27 “[Plaintiff] to take nothing by way of award as against Respondent. No costs 28 or attorneys’ fees are awarded in this arbitration.”

1 || (Doc. No. 25-6, Ex. 5 at 12.)

2 On December 15, 2025, Defendant filed a motion requesting the Court to confirm || the arbitration award. (Doc. No. 25.) On January 12, 2026, the Court took the matter under ||submission. (Doc. No. 30.)

5 Specifically, Defendant moves the Court to confirm the arbitration award and enter ||judgment in favor of Defendant in conformity with the award. (Doc. No. 25 at 5.) On || January 12, 2026, Defendant filed a notice of non-opposition by Plaintiff to Defendant's ||motion. (Doc. No. 29.) As a result, the Court grants Defendant’s motion and confirms the || arbitration award. See 9 U.S.C. § 9 (stating court “must” confirm arbitration award “unless 10 award is vacated, modified or corrected as prescribed by [9 U.S.C. §§ 10-117”); □□□□ || Life Ins. Co. v. Superior Nat. Ins. Co., 591 F.3d 1167, 1173 (9th Cir. 2010) (“The burden ||of establishing grounds for vacating an arbitration award is on the party seeking it.”).

13 || Consistent with the arbitration award, the Court directs the Clerk to enter judgment in favor || of Defendant. The Court thereafter directs the Clerk to close the case.

15 IT IS SO ORDERED.

16 ||} DATED: January 26, 2026 - i | shih 18 MARILYNL. HUFF, Distri dge UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT