Ruiz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 SCOTT JOHNSON, Case No. 22-cv-00802-SI

Plaintiff,

ORDER DECLINING

v. SUPPLEMENTAL JURISDICTION

OVER STATE LAW CLAIM

BENJAMIN JEAN RUIZ,

Defendant.

14 The Court has received plaintiff Scott Johnson’s response to the Court’s Order to Show Cause. For the reasons set forth below, the Court is not persuaded by Johnson’s arguments in favor of retaining supplemental jurisdiction, and the Court will exercise its discretion and decline 17 supplemental jurisdiction over Johnson’s Unruh Act claim. 18 The Ninth Circuit has instructed that when declining to exercise jurisdiction for a state-law 19 claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(4), “a district court must: (1) sufficiently explain ‘why the 20 circumstances of the case are exceptional under § 1367(c)(4); and (2) show that the balance of the 21 Gibbs values provides compelling reasons for declining jurisdiction in such circumstances.’” Vo v. 22 Choi, __ F.4th __, 2022 WL 4362289, at *4-5 (9th Cir.…