Brooke
Theresa Brooke v. Mehta N. Bharat, et al.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 THERESA BROOKE, Case No. 1:25-cv-01145-JLT-CDB 12 Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO SHOW
CAUSE RE SUPPLEMENTAL
13 v. JURISDICTION 14 MEHTA N. BHARAT, et al., 7-DAY DEADLINE 15 Defendants. 16 17 On September 7, 2025, Plaintiff Theresa Brooke initiated this action against Defendants 18 Mehta N. Bharat and Nita Bharat. (Doc. 1). The complaint asserts claims for injunctive relief 19 under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”) and a claim for statutory damages 20 under California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act (“Unruh Act”). Id. Plaintiff includes in her complaint 21 a conclusory assertion that “supplemental jurisdiction is appropriate over Plaintiff’s Unruh claim” 22 as “there are no compelling reasons to decline jurisdiction.” Id. at 2. 23 Based upon the Court of Appeals’ opinion in Vo v. Choi, this Court will order Plaintiff to 24 show cause why the Court should not decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over…