Schutza

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 19-cv-00990-DMS (WVG)

SCOTT SCHUTZA,

FINDINGS OF FACT AND Plaintiff, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 12 v.

COSTCO WHOLESALE

CORPORATION, a Washington Corporation; and DOES 1-10, 15 Defendants.

Plaintiff Scott Schutza filed his Complaint in this case on May 27, 2019, against Defendant Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Defendant” or “Costco”), alleging one claim for violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and one claim for violation of the California Unruh Civil Rights Act (“Unruh Act”). Plaintiff alleges Defendant discriminated against him on the basis of disability by failing to provide a lowered counter for membership services and failing to modify a policy, practice, or procedure in order to accommodate his disability. The matter was tried to the Court on June 21, 2021. James Boyd appeared on behalf of Plaintiff, and Charles Valente and Heather Kuhn O’Toole appeared on behalf of…