Irons

I. BACKGROUND1

A. Irons’s Federal Court Claims Against Charter In September 2022, Irons, for himself and “all others similarly situated,” filed suit against Charter in federal district court. Irons averred he was “technically ‘Homeless’” in that he did not have a “‘fixed location’ or Physical Address as a Residence.” He alleged that when he applied for an Internet services contract with Charter, his application was “immediately” rejected because he could not provide a physical address. Irons maintained the rejection constituted illegal discrimination. He asserted a cause of action for injunctive relief pursuant to Title 42, United States Code, section 1983 for violation of his constitutional rights under the Fourteenth Amendment and for damages and/or injunctive relief under the

1 Our factual recitation is drawn from the operative complaint’s allegations and public records judicially noticed by the trial court. (See generally Yvanova v. New Century Mortgage Corp. (2016) 62 Cal.4th 919, 924 & fn. 1.)

2 Unruh Act and Title 42, United States Code, section 2000a. Charter moved to dismiss the complaint pursuant to rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The…