United African-Asian Abilities Club v. Tournament Patio Apartments, LLC

Case 2:22-cv-07066-SB-AGR Document Filed 09/30/ Page 1 of Page ID #:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED AFRICAN-ASIAN Case No. 2:22-cv-07066-SB-AGR ABILITIES CLUB et al.,

Plaintiffs,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v.

TOURNAMENT PATIO

APARTMENTS, LLC,

Defendant.

Plaintiffs United African-Asian Abilities Club and its member Anna Marie Wiggins, on behalf of her brother, Aaron McKissick, who has speech and vision disabilities and uses a wheelchair because he is unable to walk, filed this suit alleging that physical and communication barriers at Defendant’s property and website prevent McKissick’s access, in violation of, inter alia, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Unruh Act. Dkt. No. 1.

Because Plaintiffs’ Unruh Act claim is closely related to their 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…