Whitaker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BRIAN WHITAKER, Case No. 21-cv-00629-EMC

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

v. MOTION TO DISMISS

CASA MADRONA HOTEL AND SPA, Docket No.

LLC,

11 Defendant. 12 13 Plaintiff Brian Whitaker has sued Defendant Casa Madrona Hotel & Spa (the “Hotel”) for violations of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the California Unruh Civil Rights Act. The main issue is whether the Hotel has violated an ADA regulation, 28 C.F.R. § 36.302(e)(1)(ii) which provides in relevant part that

[a] public accommodation that owns, leases (or leases to), or operates a place of lodging shall, with respect to reservations made by any means, including by telephone, in-person, or through a third party – 20 . . . . 21 (ii) [i]dentify and describe accessible features in the hotels and guest rooms offered through its reservations service in enough detail to reasonably permit individuals with …