Jardine Gougis v. Paul M. Beigelman

Case 2:22-cv-09180-SB-JEM Document Filed 12/20/ Page 1 of Page ID #:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JARDINE GOUGIS, Case No. 2:22-cv-09180-SB-JEM

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

PAUL M. BEIGELMAN et al.,

Defendants.

Plaintiff Jardine Gougis, who has osteoarthritis on both hips that limits her ability to walk, filed this suit alleging that Defendant’s kitchen supply store does not maintain parking facilities suitable for persons 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 her 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…