A man who sued a credit reporting agency and several banks for listing his accounts as outstanding even after declaring bankruptcy is still bound by arbitration agreements with those creditors, a federal judge has ruled.

U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle III of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted a motion by defendants Citibank, Department Stores National Bank and First Premier Bank that sought to compel arbitration of plaintiff Soldon Winton’s Fair Credit Reporting Act lawsuit.