Jimenez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FLOR JIMENEZ, Case No. 22-cv-07790-VC

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. DISMISS

R INN NAPA INC, Re: Dkt. No. 23 Defendant.

The motion to dismiss is denied. An answer is due within 14 days of this order. An initial case management conference is scheduled for October 13, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., with the case management statement due on October 6, 2023. This ruling assumes the reader is familiar with the facts, the applicable legal standard, and the arguments made by the parties. Failure to state a claim. Jimenez plausibly states an ADA claim. She alleges that she is visually impaired and uses screen-reading software to navigate the internet. She alleges that she tried to book a stay at R Inn Napa—a place of public accommodation, see 42 U.S.C. § 12181(7)(A)—through the hotel’s website. And she alleges that the website was not screen- reader compatible, making it difficult for her to access services offered at the hotel’s physical location. The alleged coding flaws, Jimenez explains, prevented her from browsing the hotel’s accommodations options and from…