Miguel Soto v. Nadim Samaan

Case 2:22-cv-06787-SB-PD Document Filed 09/21/ Page 1 of Page ID #:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MIGUEL SOTO, Case No. 2:22-cv-06787-SB-PD

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

NADIM SAMAAN, AS TRUSTEE OF

THE NADIM AND SANAA

SAMAAN TRUST et al.,

Defendants.

Plaintiff Miguel Soto, who suffers from multiple chronic medical conditions that require him to use a wheelchair, filed this suit alleging that Defendant’s liquor store does not maintain parking spaces sufficient for people with disabilities, 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 quotation marks and…