Brooke
Brooke v. Hatmaker Law Corporation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
THERESA BROOKE, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-1106 JLT EPG ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER DECLINING TO ADOPT THE ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND v. ) GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO ) DISMISS JAVANTILAL M. PATEL, an individual dba ) Home2 Suits by Hilton Hanford Lemoore, et al., ) (Docs. 9, 16) ) Defendants. ) )
Theresa Brooke asserts the defendants violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act with intimidation and threats while litigating another action before this Court, Case No. 1:20-cv-00101- NONE-SKO. (Doc. 1.) Plaintiff contends that in the underlying action, “Hatmaker Law Group, acting outside the scope of its representation of the Defendant, threatened Plaintiff’s counsel with a state bar complaint on three different occasions during a settlement discussion.” (Id. at 4, emphasis omitted.) In addition, Plaintiff contends that Hatmaker, threatened a counterclaim without…