Houweling

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TIMOTHY HOUWELING, No. 2:23-cv-00181-MCE-DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER JUDITH MILTNER-VAITYS, doing business as Strawberry Inn, 15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff Timothy Houweling (“Plaintiff”) initiated this action against Defendant 18 Judith Miltner-Vaitys, doing business as Strawberry Inn, (“Defendant”) for purportedly 19 discriminating against him on the basis of his disability by denying his service animal 20 access to the inn. Plaintiff brings claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 21 U.S.C. § 12101, et seq., and California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code 22 §§ 51-53. 23 For her part, Defendant filed a Counterclaim, ECF No. 7, an Answer to the 24 Complaint, ECF No. 8, and a First Amended Counterclaim, ECF No. 10. According to 25 Defendant, during her one phone interaction with Plaintiff, he verbally abused and 26 berated her based on his belief that she would not accept any animals, even service 27 animals, at her establishment. In addition, Plaintiff…