Johnson v. William S. Jarvis LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 4 SCOTT JOHNSON, Case No. 5:21-cv-06289-EJD
Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY
THECOURT SHOULD
v. EXERCISESUPPLEMENTAL
JURISDICTIONAND WHY SUBJECT
WILLIAM S. JARVIS LLC, et al., MATTERJURISDICTION EXISTS
Defendants.
10 1. Federal courts may decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over a state law claim 11 “in exceptional circumstances.” 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(4). When a “high-frequency” litigant asserts 12 a California Unruh Act claim in federal court alongside an ADA claim, this will typically 13 constitute an exceptional circumstance that justifies dismissal of the Unruh Act claim. See Arroyo 14 v. Rosas, 19 F.4th 1202, 1211–14 (9th Cir. 2021); Garcia v. Maciel, 2022 WL 395316, at *2–5 15 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 9, 2022); Johnson v. Right Crons Inc., 2021 WL 3565441 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 11, 16 2021). Plaintiff is therefore ordered to show cause why this Court should not decline to exercise 17 supplemental jurisdiction over the Unruh…