Escobedo
Escobedo v. Vang
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSE ESCOBEDO, Case No. 1:23-cv-0207 JLT BAM Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS, GRANTING IN
v. PART PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR
DEFAULT JUDGMENT, AND DIRECTING
CHENG VANG, dba SUSHIYAKI, et al., THE CLERK OF COURT TO CLOSE THIS
CASE
Defendants. (Docs. 22, 25) 16 Jose Escobedo seeks default judgment against the defendants—including Cheng Vang doing business as Sushiyaki and Tou Pao Yang doing business as Sushiyaki— for violating Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. (Doc. 22.) Although Plaintiff included claims for violations of California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act and the state’s Health & Safety Code, he did not request default judgment on the claims. Rather, Plaintiff requested the claims be dismissed without prejudice if the default judgment was granted on the ADA claim. (Doc. 22-1 at 2, n.1.) The magistrate judge recommended Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment be granted in 24 …