United African Asian Abilities Club v. Lari 1231 Bundy LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED AFRICAN-ASIAN Case No. 2:23-cv-05321-SB-JC ABILITIES CLUB et al.,

Plaintiffs,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v.

LARI 1231 BUNDY LLC et al.,

Defendants.

Plaintiffs United African-Asian Abilities Club and its member James Lee, who has a vision disability and uses a device for mobility, filed this suit alleging that physical and communication barriers at Defendant’s property and website prevent Lee’s access, in violation of, inter alia, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Unruh Act. Dkt. No. 1.

Because Plaintiffs’ Unruh Act claim is closely related to their 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 exercise…