Yuri Doering v. OSC Tires Inc., et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Central District of California orders Plaintiff Yuri Doering to show cause why the Court should exercise supplemental jurisdiction over state-law claims arising from alleged disability-access violations. The Court directs Plaintiff and counsel to provide information concerning statutory damages and whether they qualify as high-frequency litigants under California law, warning that failure to respond may result in declining supplemental jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c).

Holdings

1. Supplemental jurisdiction is discretionary rather than mandatory, and the court may decline to exercise it when one of the circumstances identified in 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c) is present, while considering judicial economy, convenience, fairness, and comity. The court did not make a final determination on whether to exercise jurisdiction in this order.
2. The court ordered plaintiff to show cause and required plaintiff and counsel to submit declarations addressing the amount of statutory damages sought and the facts necessary to determine whether plaintiff and counsel meet California's high-frequency-litigant definitions.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the court should exercise supplemental jurisdiction over plaintiff's Unruh Act and related California state-law claims.
2. Whether plaintiff and plaintiff's counsel qualify as high-frequency litigants under California Civil Procedure Code section 425.55(b)(1)-(2).
3. What statutory damages plaintiff seeks and whether the circumstances support declining supplemental jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c).

Disposition

other