Guri Gonzalez v. Rosa Maria Salazar

Case 2:22-cv-05592-SB-E Document Filed 08/12/ Page 1 of Page ID #:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GURI GONZALEZ, Case No. 2:22-cv-05592-SB-E

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

ROSA MARIA SALAZAR, AS

TRUSTEE OF THE ROSA MARIA

SALAZAR QUIROZ LIVING

TRUST; DOES 1 to 10,

Defendants.

Plaintiff Guri Gonzalez, who has a lesion that substantially limits his ability to walk, filed this suit alleging that the parking spots maintained for persons with disabilities at Defendants’ restaurant failed to meet state and federal standards, in violation of, inter alia, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Unruh Act. Dkt. No. 1.

Because Plaintiff’s Unruh Act claim is closely related to his ADA claim, the Court has authority to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the Unruh Act claim under 28 U.S.C. § 367(a). However, supplemental jurisdiction “is a doctrine of discretion, not of plaintiff’s right,” and district courts “can decline to exercise jurisdiction over pendent claims for a number of valid reasons.” City of Chi. v. Int’l Coll. of Surgeons, 522 U.S. 156, 172 (1997)…