Robert Sanchez v. Coast Auto Care and U-Haul Neighborhood Dealeret al

I.

INTRODUCTION

The Complaint filed in this action asserts a claim for injunctive relief arising out of an alleged violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and one or more “construction-related accessibility claims” under California law, including a claim for damages pursuant to California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act (“Unruh Act”). Because the Court possesses only supplemental jurisdiction over the Unruh Act and any other state law claims, and in light of California’s statutory efforts to curtail such claims, the Court ordered Plaintiff to show cause in writing why the Court should exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the state law claim(s) asserted in the Complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c). The Court has reviewed Plaintiff’s Response to the Court’s Order to Show Cause.

II.

BACKGROUND

A. ADA AND UNRUH ACT CLAIMS

The ADA prohibits discrimination “on the basis of disability in the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of any place of public accommodation by any person who owns, leases (or leases to), or operates a place of public accommodation.” 42 U.S.C. § 12182(a). Under the ADA,…