Frank Singh v. Casa Jalisco, Inc.

Case 5:22-cv-02109-SB-PD Document Filed 12/01/ Page 1 of Page ID #:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRANK SINGH, Case No. 5:22-cv-02109-SB-PD

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

CASA JALISCO, INC. et al.,

Defendants.

Plaintiff Frank Singh, who is confined to a wheelchair because of his disability, filed this suit alleging that he encountered barriers that interfered with his ability to access and patronize Casa Jalisco, a restaurant, 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…