Meggs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN MEGGS, Individually, Case No.: 19cv2001-CAB-AHG

Plaintiff,

ORDER DECLINING

v. SUPPLEMENTAL JURISDICTION

OVER STATE LAW CLAIMS

STANLEY S. PENN, TRUSTEE of the Stanley S. Penn Separate Property Trust 15 dated January 26, 2017; STANLEY S. PENN, Individually; LUCKY LADY SAN DIEGO, INC., a California 17 corporation, 18 Defendants.

20 The complaint in this action asserts one claim under federal law for violation of the 21 Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), along with claims for violations of California’s 22 Disabled Person Act (Civil Code §54) and Unruh Act (Civil Code §51). The complaint 23 asserts jurisdiction based on the existence of a federal question (the ADA claim), and 24 supplemental jurisdiction over the state claims. 25 Federal courts have the discretion to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over all 26 claims that are “so related to claims in the action within such original jurisdiction that they 27 form part of the same case or …