Escobedo

I. INTRODUCTION

17 On August 21, 2024, Plaintiff Jose Escobedo (“Plaintiff”) filed his complaint against against 18 Defendants Fiddaa Sumrein dba Big Mama’s, Waseleh Jabbar dba Big Mama’s, and Mohammed 19 Aziz, individually and dba Big Mama’s (“Defendants”), alleging claims under the Americans with 20 Disabilities Act (“ADA”), California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act (“Unruh Act”), and California’s 21 Health and Safety Code. (Doc. 1). These claims stem from alleged barriers Plaintiff encountered 22 (such as lack of proper pavement markings and excessive slopes in paths of travel) while he visited 23 “Big Mama’s,” a facility owned, operated, or leased by Defendants. (See id.) 24 On August 26, 2024, the undersigned ordered Plaintiff to show cause why the Court should 25 not decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over his state law claims considering the Ninth 26 Circuit’s decision in Vo v. Choi. (See Doc. 4.); Vo v. Choi, 49 F.4th 1167 (9th Cir. 2022) (affirming 27 a district court’s decision to decline supplemental jurisdiction over an Unruh Act claim); see 28 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c). Plaintiff timely filed a response on September 9, 2024. (Doc. 5.) For the reasons 2 …