Brooke
Brooke v. Woodside Hotel Group LTD
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
THERESA BROOKE, Plaintiff, No. C 20-05821 WHA
v.
WOODSIDE HOTEL GROUP LTD, ORDER CONVERTING MOTION TO
DISMISS INTO MOTION FOR
Defendant.
SUMMARY JUDGMENT,
ALLOWING IMMEDIATE
DISCOVERY, VACATING
HEARING, AND GRANTING
JUDICAL NOTICE
15 In this ADA case, this order converts the motion to dismiss into a motion for summary 16 judgment and allows immediate discovery. 17 Plaintiff Theresa Brooke is a disabled individual who uses a wheelchair for mobility. In 18 2020 she visited the Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa in Monterey, California. The complaint 19 alleges that upon arriving at the hotel’s passenger loading zone, she observed the lack of access 20 aisle and that this absence of an access aisle prevented her from entering the lobby (Comp. ¶¶ 1, 21 12). 22 The complaint alleges that upon visiting the Monterey Hotel & Spa, plaintiff observed the 23 hotel had two passenger-loading zones. One lay directly adjacent to the hotel’s lobby and the 24 second…