Guri Gonzalez v. Carmela Fadlon

Case 2:23-cv-01900-SB-SK Document Filed 03/16/ Page 1 of Page ID #:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GURI GONZALEZ, Case No. 2:23-cv-01900-SB-SK

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

CARMELA FADLON et al.,

Defendants.

Plaintiff Guri Gonzalez, who suffers from complete tetraplegia and uses a wheelchair at all times when traveling in public, filed this suit alleging that he faced barriers to access parking spaces at Defendants’ barbershop, 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…