Langer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRIS LANGER, Case No.: 20-cv-1597-CAB-MSB

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

v. RECONSIDERATION

PHIL’S BBQ, INC., [Doc. No. 12] Defendant. 16 17 18 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration of the Court’s order declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Plaintiff’s state law claim. Defendant did not oppose the motion. As stated in the order, the Court declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Plaintiff’s claim under California’s Unruh Act for two reasons, each of which independently justified the Court’s decision: (1) that Plaintiff’s Unruh Act claim predominates over his federal claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”); and (2) that the interests of comity and discouraging forum shopping constitute exceptional circumstances and compelling reasons to decline supplemental jurisdiction. Plaintiff’s primary …