Zaira S. Azocar v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.

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United States District Court Central District of California

11 ZAIRA S. LLANCAN AZOCAR, Case № 2:21-cv-02969-ODW (SKx)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING

v.

MOTION TO DISMISS [25]

14 DELTA AIR LINES, INC.; GRUPO

AEROMEXICO; AEROVIAS DE

15 MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. dba Aeromexico Airlines; and DOES 1 through 50, 16 inclusive, 17 Defendants. 18 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Zaira S. Llancan Azocar fell while walking between terminals at Los 21 Angeles International Airport (“LAX”) after an agent of Defendant Delta Airlines, Inc. 22 allegedly refused to provide wheelchair assistance. She sues Defendants1 Delta and 23 Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. for, among other things, violation of the Unruh 24 Civil Rights Act (“Unruh”) and California Disabled Persons Act (“CDPA”). Delta 25 moves to dismiss these claims as preempted and insufficiently pleaded. (Mot. Dismiss 26 (“Mot.”), ECF No. 25.) For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Delta’s Motion.2 27 1 Azocar voluntarily dismissed Defendant Grupo Aeromexico. (Notice, ECF No. 42.) 28 2 Having carefully considered…