Gomez
Gomez v. Miersch
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 ANDRES GOMEZ, Case No. 21-cv-08936-CRB
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v.
DISMISS
MATTHEW PAUL MIERSCH, Defendant.
Plaintiff Andres Gomez, who is legally blind, alleges that Defendant Matthew Paul Miersch violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because his website Napahomes.Com is not accessible to the visually impaired. Miersch moves to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. Mot. (dkt. 15-1). The Court GRANTS the motion. I. BACKGROUND Gomez is legally blind and must use “screen reader software” (SRS) to read internet content on computers. Compl. ¶¶ 1, 10-11. He is “a tester in this litigation.” Id. ¶ 17. He resides in Florida. See Sahelian Decl. ¶ 7 & Ex A (dkts. 15-2, 15-3). Defendant Matthew Paul Miersch owns or operates Napahomes.Com, with a root domain of: http://www.napahomes.com/. Compl. ¶¶ 2-4. Napahomes.Com also “operates privileges, goods or services out of a physical location in…