Brian Whitaker v. Kamal Madjidi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. CV 19-10079-CJC-SS Date: December 4, 2019

Title: BRIAN WHITAKER v. KAMAL MADJIDI

PRESENT:

HONORABLE CORMAC J. CARNEY, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Gabriela Garcia 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 AS TO WHY

THIS COURT SHOULD NOT DECLINE TO EXERCISE SUPPLEMENTAL

JURISDICTION OVER PLAINTIFF’S UNRUH ACT CLAIM

On November 26, 2019, Plaintiff Brian Whitaker filed this action against Defendant Kamal Madjidi, alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act (“Unruh Act”). (Dkt. 1 [Complaint].) Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief under the ADA and statutory damages under the Unruh Act. (Id. at 6.) Plaintiff contends that this Court has federal question jurisdiction over his ADA claim and supplemental jurisdiction over his Unruh Act claim. (Id. ¶¶ 5–6.)

Supplemental jurisdiction “is a doctrine of…