UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

CASE NO. 25-60435-CIV-SMITH

KEENAN HOLDEN,

Plaintiff,

v.

SYSTEMS & SERVICES TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,

Defendant. ______________________________________/

ORDER AFFIRMING AND ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

This matter is before the Court upon the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation [DE 36] on Defendant SST’s Motion to Compel Arbitration [DE 13] and Defendant’s Objections [DE 37]. Plaintiff filed a response to Defendant’s Objections [DE 38]. In his thorough and well- reasoned Report and Recommendation, Magistrate Judge Hunt recommends that Defendant SST’s Motion to Compel Arbitration be DENIED. A district court may accept, reject, or modify a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation.

(b)(1). Those portions of the report and recommendation to which objections are made are accorded de novo review, if those objections “pinpoint the specific findings that the party disagrees with.” United States v. Schultz,

(11th Cir. 2009); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3). The Court, having considered Judge Hunt’s Report, Defendant’s objections thereto, and having conducted a de novo review of the record, agrees with Judge Hunt’s well-reasoned analysis and his recommendation that the Motion to Compel Arbitration be denied. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that: 1. The Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation to District Judge [DE 36] is AFFIRMED and ADOPTED and incorporated by reference into this Court’s Order. 2. Defendant SST’s Motion to Compel Arbitration [DE 13] is DENIED. DONE AND ORDERED in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on this 26th day of August 2025.

RODNEY SMITH UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

ce: counsel of record