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5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 VALERIE BROOKS, No. 2:20-cv-01390-JAM-CKD 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 BOILING CRAB FRANCHISE CO., LLC, 15 Defendant. 16

17 18 I. INTRODUCTION 19 Plaintiff, Valerie Brooks, is a visually impaired individual who filed ADA and Unruh Act 20 claims against defendant, Boiling Crab Franchise Co., LLC (“Boiling Crab”) on July 9, 2020. 21 (ECF No. 1, Complaint.) Plaintiff seeks a preliminary injunction and permanent injunction on 22 behalf of herself, and on behalf of a proposed nationwide and California class. (Id.) Plaintiff 23 alleges that defendant failed to properly code its website to work with screen-reading software, 24 making its restaurant services inaccessible to individuals with visual impairments like plaintiff. 25 (Id.) 26 In August 2022, the parties filed cross-motions to compel discovery under Federal Rule of 27 Civil Procedure 37. (ECF No. 21, Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel; ECF No. 25, Defendant’s Motion 28 to Compel.) In addition,…