Gilbert v. Signature Services

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DARREN GILBERT, No. 2:22-cv-1266 DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER SIGNATURE SERVICES dba FARMERS

MARKETPLACE; NF STADIUM, LLC,

15 Defendants. 17 This civil action has been directly assigned to the undersigned pursuant to the Local Rules, Appendix A(m). Review of plaintiff’s complaint finds that it alleges a federal claim for violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as California state law claims for violation of the Unruh Civil Rights Act and California Health and Safety Code. (Compl. (ECF No. 1) at 2.) The Court has supplemental jurisdiction over the state law claims. A district court may decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over a state law claim “in exceptional circumstances.” 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(4). “When a ‘high-frequency’ litigant asserts a California Unruh Act claim in federal court with an ADA claim, it may constitute an exceptional circumstance that justifies dismissal of the Unruh…