Johnson v. Jding Properties LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SCOTT JOHNSON, Case No. 18-cv-03382-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

STAY

v. Re: Dkt. No. 41 JDING PROPERTIES LLC, et al., Defendants.

12 Plaintiff Scott Johnson filed this action against Defendants Jding Properties, LLC and Starbucks Corporation, alleging that Defendants violated the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”) and the Unruh Civil Rights Act. Dkt. No. 1. Specifically, Plaintiff alleges that he encountered barriers with the transaction counters and the entrance door hardware at the Starbucks store. Id. ¶¶ 37–44. Defendant Starbucks has been the defendant in numerous ADA suits based on the same counter practices at issue here, including in Johnson v. Blackhawk Centercal, No. 19-15759 (9th Cir.) (“Blackhawk”) and Kong v. Mana Inv. Co., LLC, No. 19-55577 (9th Cir.) (“Mana”). In both Blackhawk and Mana, the district court ruled in favor of Starbucks on the counter space issue. See Dkt. No. 41-3,…