Jovany Barba v. Onizuka LA LLC

Case 2:22-cv-04471-SB-AFM Document Filed 08/15/ Page 1 of Page ID #:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOVANY BARBA, Case No. 2:22-cv-04471-SB-AFM

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

ONIZUKA LA LLC, a California limited liability company; AND DOES 1 to 10, inclusive,

Defendants.

Plaintiff Jovany Barba, who is visually impaired and legally blind, filed this suit alleging that Defendant Onizuka LA LLC built and maintained a website that is allegedly not fully and equally accessible to blind and visually impaired individuals, 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) (internal…