Hernandez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Gerardo Hernandez, No. 2:20-cv-2061-KJM-JDP 1] Plaintiff, ORDER 12 v. 13 Welcome Sacramento, LLC dba Courtyard by Marriott Sacramento Cal-Expo, Hotel Circle

GL, LLC,

15 Defendants. Plaintiff Gerardo Hernandez is physically disabled and requires a wheelchair for mobility. Compl. § 8, ECF 1. Hernandez stayed overnight at the Courtyard by Marriott Sacramento Cal Expo, id. 1 & 9, where he noticed the hotel’s check-in counter and bathroom were not wheelchair accessible. He brings this lawsuit against defendants for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the California Unruh Civil Rights Act. Hernandez now moves to amend his complaint to allege additional barriers to wheelchair 23 accessibility. Mem. P. & A. at 1-2, ECF No. 33-1. The court submitted the motion on the 24 papers. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(2) states “[t]he court should “freely give[ ] [leave 25 [to amend its pleading] when…