Rafael Arroyo, Jr v. Jorge Melendez

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11 RAFAEL ARROYO, JR., Case No. 2:19-cv-04811-ODW (JPRx) 12 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART

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PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

14 JORGE MELENDEZ, et al., DEFAULT JUDGMENT [23] 15 Defendants.

16 17 I. INTRODUCTION 18 Plaintiff Rafael Arroyo (“Arroyo” or “Plaintiff”) moves for default judgment 19 (“Motion”) against Defendants Jorge Melendez, Alicia Melendez, and Laguardia 20 Enterprises, Inc. (“Defendants”) for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act 21 (“ADA”). (Appl. for Default J. (“Mot.”) 3, ECF No. 23.) For the reasons discussed 22 below, the Court GRANTS IN PART Plaintiff’s Motion.1 23 II. BACKGROUND 24 Arroyo is a paraplegic who cannot walk and who uses a wheelchair for mobility. 25 (Compl. ¶ 1, ECF No. 1.) On May 14, 2019, Arroyo went to the Sonsonate Grill at 26 4350 S. Avalon Blvd, Los Angeles, California, real property owned by Defendants, for 27

28 1 After carefully considering the papers filed in support of…