Kevin Cox v. The Roberts Companies

Case 2:22-cv-08118-SB-SK Document Filed 11/14/ Page 1 of Page ID #:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN COX, Case No. 2:22-cv-08118-SB-SK

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

THE ROBERTS COMPANIES et al.,

Defendants.

Plaintiff Kevin Cox, who has paraplegia and uses a wheelchair for mobility, filed this suit alleging that he encountered barriers to access in Defendant’s restaurant parking lot, 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 citations omitted). This discretion is codified in Section 1367(c):

The district courts may decline to…