Brooks
Brooks v. Tapestry, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 VALERIE BROOKS, No. 2:21-cv-00156-DAD-JDP Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S
MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE
TAPESTRY, INC., PLEADINGS AND DISMISSING
PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT WITH LEAVE
Defendant. TO AMEND (Doc. No. 24)
17 This matter is before the court on defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in this website-accessibility lawsuit brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). (Doc. No. 24.) Specifically, defendant argues that plaintiff’s complaint does not sufficiently allege facts that, if proven, would show a nexus between defendant’s website and its brick-and-mortar stores—a necessary element for plaintiff’s ADA claim. (Doc. No. 24-5 at 12–14) (“In the Ninth Circuit, even if websites are not ‘public accommodations’ under the ADA, a denial of equal access to a website can nonetheless support an ADA claim if the denial has prevented or…