Whitaker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRIAN WHITAKER, No. 2:21-cv-00482-DAD-AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE SWATCH GROUP (U.S.) INC., Defendant. 16 On March 17, 2021, plaintiff filed the complaint initiating this action in this federal court, alleging two causes of action: (1) a federal claim that defendant violated the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”) and (2) a state law claim that defendant violated the Unruh Civil Rights Act. (Doc. No. 1.) In his prayer for relief, plaintiff seeks injunctive relief on his ADA claim (specifically, an order requiring defendant to provide accessible sales or transaction counters at the Omega Boutique watch store he visited), and plaintiff seeks actual and statutory damages on his state law claim. (Id. at 7.) Plaintiff alleged that this federal court has subject matter jurisdiction over this action based on 28 U.S.C. § 1331 (federal question) for his ADA claim and that the court has supplemental…