James Shayler v. Vinood Patel

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7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 JAMES SHAYLER, Case No. 2:20-cv-00235-ODW(KS) Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING

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DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO SET

14 VINOOD PATEL; et al., ASIDE DEFAULT [31] Defendants. I. INTRODUCTION On January 8, 2020, Plaintiff James Shayler filed a complaint against 18 Defendants Vinood Patel and Chaya Patel (collectively, the “Patels”) for violations of 19 the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). As the Patels did not answer Shayler’s 20 Complaint within the required time, Shayler requested the Clerk enter default against 21 the Patels. The Clerk entered default the following day, and the Patels now move to 22 set aside the default. (Mot. to Set Aside Default (“Mot.”), ECF No. 31.) For the 23 reasons discussed below, the Court GRANTS the Patels’ Motion.1 II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND Shayler is a California resident who is allegedly disabled under the ADA. 26 (Compl. ¶ 1, ECF No. 1.) He has had two knee replacement surgeries, suffers from an…