Johnson v. Peppin Properties LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SCOTT JOHNSON, Case No. 21-cv-06406-JST

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v.

PEPPIN PROPERTIES LLC, et al., Defendants.

12 On August 19, 2021, Plaintiff Scott Johnson filed this action against Defendants Peppin Properties LLC and Panda Dumpling Inc., alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act (“Unruh Act”) in relation to the Panda Dumpling restaurant located in San Carlos, California. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief under the ADA and the Unruh Act, nominal damages, statutory damages under the Unruh Act, and attorney’s fees and costs. Id. at 8. 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…