Brooke
Brooke v. Red Lion Hotels Corporation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THERESA BROOKE Case No.: 20cv1901-LAB (KSC)
Plaintiff,
ORDER REQUIRING
v. CORRECTION TO RESPONSE
TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
RED LION HOTELS
CORPORATION
15 Defendant.
Plaintiff Theresa Brooke alleges that in mid-September of this year, she and her husband traveled from Arizona to San Diego and visited the DoubleTree Hotel in Mission Valley, San Diego in September, for leisure purposes. When she arrived, she says she found the drive-up area non-ADA compliant and could not enter the hotel lobby. She sought an injunction to remedy this, saying she intended to return for more leisure travel in December. At the time Brooke attempted to stay at the DoubleTree, California Governor Newsom’s March 19, 2020 stay-at-home order was still in place, in modified form. In an effort to contain the continuing COVID-19 outbreak, the public were directed to stay at home, except when engaged in essential activities. While…