Sam Benford v. Donald Coons

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAM BENFORD, Case No. 2:23-cv-04599-WLH-JPRx 11 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THE COURT SHOULD EXERCISE v. S OU VP EP RL TE HM EE N STT AA TL E J U LR AI WSD CI LC AT II MON S DONALD COONS ET AL, Defendant. 16 The Complaint filed in this action asserts a claim for injunctive relief arising out of an alleged violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (the “ADA”) and a claim for damages pursuant to California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act (the “Unruh Act”), Cal. Civ. Code §§ 51-53. In the Complaint, Plaintiff requests the court exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the Unruh Act claim pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1367. The United States Supreme Court has recognized supplemental jurisdiction “is a doctrine of discretion, not of plaintiff’s right, and that district courts can decline to exercise jurisdiction over pendent claims for a number of valid reasons.” City of Chi. v. Int’l Coll. of…