George Jones v. San Pedro Gaffey Investments, LLC

Case 2:22-cv-00819-DSF-JC Document Filed 01/10/ Page 1 of Page ID #:201

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GEORGE JONES, an individual, CV 22-0819 DSF (JCx) Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v.

DOWNEY OAK INVESTMENT

LLC, a California limited liability company; 9000 TELEGRAPH MOBIL INC., a California corporation; and DOES 1-10, Defendants.

Plaintiff George Jones filed his First Amended Complaint against Defendants Downey Oak Investment LLC and 9000 Telegraph Mobil Inc for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12182(a), and California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 51. Dkt. 12 (FAC). Jones seeks injunctive relief under the ADA and the Unruh Act and also seeks damages under the Unruh Act. Id. at 29. The Complaint asserts that the Court has supplemental jurisdiction over the Unruh Act claims. Id. ¶ 10. Supplemental jurisdiction “is a doctrine of discretion, not of plaintiff’s right,” 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 omitted). “[W]hen…