Rafael Arroyo, Jr. v. Carmen Rosas

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RAFAEL ARROYO, JR., No. 19-55974 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 2:18-cv-06338-

PSG-GJS

CARMEN ROSAS,

Defendant-Appellee,

OPINION

and

A & G INTERPRISES, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company; DOES, 1–10, Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Philip S. Gutierrez, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted July 8, 2020 Pasadena, California

Filed December 10, 2021 Before: Bobby R. Baldock, * Marsha S. Berzon, and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Collins

SUMMARY **

Supplemental Jurisdiction

The panel reversed the district court’s order granting summary judgment to plaintiff on his claim under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act but declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over his claim under California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act.

The panel held that, because any violation of the ADA is automatically a violation of the Unruh Act, the district court’s summary judgment ruling effectively dictated the outcome of plaintiff’s Unruh Act claim as…