Theresa Brooke v. Knotts Berry Farm LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. SACV 24-00452-CJC (SKx) Date: April 23, 2024

Title: THERESA BROOKE v. KNOTTS BERRY FARM LLC ET AL

PRESENT:

HONORABLE CORMAC J. CARNEY, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Rolls Royce Paschal N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR PLAINTIFF: ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR DEFENDANT:

None Present None Present

PROCEEDINGS: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS

COURT SHOULD NOT DECLINE TO EXERCISE SUPPLEMENTAL

JURISDICTION OVER PLAINTIFF’S STATE LAW CLAIM

In this case, Plaintiff alleges that Defendant and unnamed Does violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act. (Dkt. 10 [First Amended Complaint].) Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief under the ADA and statutory damages under the Unruh Act. Plaintiff contends that this Court has federal question jurisdiction over the ADA claim and supplemental jurisdiction over the state law claim.

Supplemental jurisdiction “is a doctrine of discretion, not of plaintiff’s right.” United Mine Workers v. Gibbs,…