Escobedo
Escobedo v. Sumrein
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JOSE ESCOBEDO,
9 Case No. 1:24-cv-00990-KES-SKO Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE
v. SUPPLEMENTAL JURISDICTION
FIDDAA SUMREIN dba Big Mama’s, et al., 14 DAY DEADLINE Defendants. 13 14 On August 21, 2024, Plaintiff Jose Escobedo (“Plaintiff”) filed his complaint against Defendants Fiddaa Sumrein dba Big Mama’s, Waseleh Jabbar dba Big Mama’s, and Mohammed Aziz, individually and dba Big Mama’s (“Defendants”), alleging claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act (“Unruh Act”), and California’s Health and Safety Code. (Doc. 1). These claims stem from alleged barriers Plaintiff encountered (such as lack of proper pavement markings and excessive slopes in paths of travel) while he visited “Big Mama’s,” a facility owned, operated, or leased by Defendants. (See id.) Based upon the Ninth Circuit opinion in Vo v. Choi, the Court will order Plaintiff to show cause why the Court should not decline to…