( May 26, 2026, 1:35 PM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel denied a car manufacturer’s petition for panel and en banc rehearing of its challenge to a judge’s denial of its motion to compel arbitration with a consumer accusing it of violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws based on his vehicle’s alleged headrest defect and issued a slightly amended opinion holding that the automaker as nonsignatory cannot compel arbitration under an agreement the consumer entered with a dealership....