Johnson v. DK Hawaiian BBQ, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 SCOTT JOHNSON, Case No. 4:21-cv-09272-YGR Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE v. 8 DK HAWAIIAN BBQ, INC., Defendant. 10 A federal court may decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over a state law claim “in exceptional circumstances.” 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(4). Supplemental jurisdiction “is a doctrine of discretion, not of plaintiff’s right.” United Mine Workers of Am. v. Gibbs, 383 U.S. 715, 726 (1966). When a “high-frequency” litigant such as plaintiff asserts a California Unruh Act claim in federal court with an ADA claim, this typically constitutes an exceptional circumstance that justifies dismissal of the Unruh Act claim. See Arroyo v. Rosas, 19 F.4th 1202, 1211-14 (9th Cir. 2021); Garcia v. Maciel, No. 21-cv-03743-JC, 2022 WL 395316 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 9, 2022). In light of the foregoing, plaintiff is hereby ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why this Court should not decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the Unruh Act claim given the infancy of this …