Brian Whitaker v. Elizabeth H. Kuhns

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. SACV 20-02287-CJC (JDEx) Date: December 7, 2020

Title: BRIAN WHITAKER v. ELIZABETH H. KUHNS, et al.

PRESENT:

HONORABLE CORMAC J. CARNEY, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Cheryl Wynn 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 December 4, 2020, Plaintiff Brian Whitaker filed this action against Defendants Elizabeth H. Kuhns, Burger D-Lite, Inc., and unnamed Does, 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 7–8.) Plaintiff contends that this Court has federal question jurisdiction over the ADA claim and supplemental jurisdiction over the Unruh Act claim. …