Gomez
Gomez v. Del Dotto Vineyards
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANDRES GOMEZ, Case No. 21-cv-09601-JST
Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
v.
DEL DOTTO VINEYARDS, Defendant.
12 On December 13, 2021, Plaintiff Andres Gomez filed this action against Defendant Del Dotto Vineyards, alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act (“Unruh Act”) in relation to the Del Dotto Vineyards website. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff seeks declaratory and injunctive relief under the ADA, nominal damages, statutory damages under the Unruh Act, and attorney’s fees and costs. Id. at 9. Plaintiff contends that this Court has federal question jurisdiction over the ADA claim and supplemental jurisdiction over the Unruh Act and other state law claims. Id. ¶¶ 7-8. Supplemental jurisdiction “is a doctrine of discretion, not of plaintiff’s right.” United Mine Workers v. Gibbs, 383 U.S. 715, 726 (1966). District courts have discretion to decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction if: “(1) the claim raises a…