(PS) Brewer v. California State Bar

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TERRENCE BREWER, Case No. 2:23-cv-0860-TLN-JDP (PS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER; FINDING AND

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CALIFORNIA STATE BAR, et al.,

Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, brings this action against the State Bar of California, its Board of Trustees, and the Committee of Bar Examiners, alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act (“Unruh Act”), and a defamation claim. ECF No. 4. On March 7, 2024, I recommended that defendants’ motion to dismiss be granted in part. ECF No. 25. Specifically, I found that plaintiff’s claim for interference, coercion, or intimidation under Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12203(b), should be dismissed with leave to amend, and that his state law claims should be dismissed without leave to amend as barred by sovereign immunity. Id. at 10-12. I also, however, rejected defendants’ argument that…