Brooks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 VALERIE BROOKS, individually and No. 20-cv-01485-MCE-KJN on behalf of all others similarly situated, 12 Plaintiff, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER v.

VITAMIN WORLD USA

CORPORATION, a New York corporation; and DOES 1 to 10, inclusive, Defendants. 18 Through the present action, Plaintiff Valerie Brooks, who is legally blind, seeks redress from Defendant Vitamin World USA Corporation (“Defendant”) on grounds that Defendant’s website is not fully accessible to the visually impaired and therefore violates both the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12181, et seq. (“ADA”) and California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code §§ 51, et seq. Plaintiff also seeks class-wide relief, including injunctive relief, statutory damages, and attorney’s fees and costs, on behalf of all others similarly situated. Defendant originally filed an Answer on October 16, 2020, and Plaintiff filed a Motion to Strike Affirmative Defenses Nos. 1–15 and 17–19. …