Latanya Williams v. Naturally By The Boutique, Inc

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LATANYA WILLIAMS, Case No. 2:24-cv-05808-SB-E

Plaintiff,

v.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

NATURALLY BY THE BOUTIQUE,

INC et al.,

Defendants.

Plaintiff Latanya Williams, who requires the use of a wheelchair at all times when traveling in public, filed this suit alleging that Defendants Naturally By The Boutique, Inc’s and South Lasky Properties LLC’s facility imposes barriers that impeded Plaintiff’s access, in violation of, inter alia, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Unruh Act. Dkt. No. 1.

Because Plaintiff’s Unruh Act claim is closely related to her ADA claim, the Court has authority to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the Unruh Act claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1367(a). However, supplemental jurisdiction “is a doctrine of discretion, not of plaintiff’s right,” and district courts “can decline to exercise jurisdiction over pendent claims for a number of valid reasons.” City of Chi. v. Int’l Coll. of Surgeons, 522 U.S. 156, 172 (1997) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted). This discretion is codified in § 1367(c):

The district courts may decline to exercise supplemental…