Dennis Cooper v. Pizza Plus Properties, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DENNIS COOPER, Case No. 5:23-cv-01594-SB-SHK

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE

SANCTIONS

PIZZA PLUS PROPERTIES, INC.,

Defendant.

Plaintiff Dennis Cooper filed this lawsuit on August 9, 2023, against Defendant Pizza Plus Properties, Inc., alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Unruh Act. Dkt. No. 1. Plaintiff is represented by Jason J. Kim, who is designated as the lead attorney on the docket. The Court dismissed Plaintiff’s Unruh Act claim on August 30. Dkt. No. 12. Plaintiff served Defendant (Dkt. No. 13), and Defendant did not answer. Plaintiff requested entry of default, Dkt. No. 14, which the Court granted on October 30, Dkt. No. 15. The Court ordered Plaintiff to file his motion for default judgment by November 7. Dkt. No. 16. On November 3, Plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal under Rule 41. The dismissal failed to disclose that two weeks prior to the filing of this lawsuit, the same Plaintiff, Dennis Cooper, represented by the same attorney, Jason J. Kim, had filed what appears to be the same lawsuit against the…