Rotisabjiinc
Johnson v. Rotisabjiinc
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 5 SCOTT JOHNSON, Case No. 5:22-cv-01167-EJD
Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THE
COURT SHOULD EXERCISE
v. SUPPLEMENTAL JURISDICTION
AND WHY SUBJECT MATTER
ROTISABJIINC, JURISDICTION EXISTS Defendant.
1. Federal courts may decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over a state law claim “in exceptional circumstances.” 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(4). When a “high-frequency” litigant asserts a California Unruh Act claim in federal court alongside an ADA claim, this will typically constitute 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, 2022 WL 395316, at *2–5 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 9, 2022); Johnson v. Right Crons Inc., 2021 WL 3565441 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 11, 2021). Plaintiff is therefore ordered to show cause why this Court should not decline to exercise …