A party may compel arbitration as long as they have a valid and enforceable written agreement to submit a dispute to arbitration. A Motion to Compel is a formal request to the.Court to require a party or a non-party in a lawsuit to comply with a discovery request such as a request for. A party to a contract may file a motion to compel arbitration with the courts. The Central District of California's recent ruling denying a motion to compel arbitration in Heckman v. Notice of Related Cases, any party may file a motion to have the cases related. (the "Company") without consulting an attorney. As an initial matter, this Court has subject matter jurisdiction over the petition to compel arbitration. Whose Dog and Franco base their motion to compel arbitration and to stay proceedings on the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA).