Opinion

Dennis Cooper v. Selhodra Sumen

Court
District Court, C.D. California
Filed
Sep 29, 2025
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 35.5%

The opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES—GENERAL

Case No. EDCV 25-2424-KK-RAOx Date: September 29, 2025

Title:

Present: The Honorable KENLY KIYA KATO, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Noe Ponce Not Reported

Deputy Clerk Court Reporter

Attorney(s) Present for Plaintiff(s): Attorney(s) Present for Defendant(s):

None Present None Present

Proceedings: (In Chambers) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Regarding Supplemental

Jurisdiction

The Complaint filed in this action asserts a claim for injunctive relief arising out of an alleged

violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), and a claim for damages pursuant to

California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act (“Unruh Act”). It appears the Court possesses only

supplemental jurisdiction over the state law claim(s) asserted in the Complaint. See 28 U.S.C.

§ 1367(a).

The supplemental jurisdiction statute “reflects the understanding that, when deciding

whether to exercise supplemental jurisdiction, ‘a federal court should consider and weigh in each

case, and at every stage of the litigation, the values of judicial economy, convenience, fairness, and

comity.’” City of Chicago v. Int’l Coll. of Surgeons, 522 U.S. 156, 173 (1997) (emphasis added)

(quoting Carnegie-Mellon Univ. v. Cohill, 484 U.S. 343, 350 (1988)). Plaintiff is, therefore,

ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why the Court should exercise supplemental jurisdiction over

the state law claims asserted in the Complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c).

Plaintiff shall appear before the Court for a hearing on October 7, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.

in Courtroom 3 on the 3rd Floor of the George E. Brown, Jr. Federal Building and United

States Courthouse, located at 3470 Twelfth Street, Riverside, California 92501. At the hearing,

Plaintiff shall identify the specific amount of statutory damages Plaintiff seeks to recover. No later

than October 3, 2025, Plaintiff and Plaintiff’s counsel shall also file declarations, signed under

penalty of perjury, providing all facts necessary for the Court to determine if they satisfy the

definition of “high-frequency litigant” as provided by Sections 425.55(b)(1) and (2) of the California

Code of Civil Procedure.

Plaintiff is expressly warned failure to file timely written responses or appear at the

hearing on the Order to Show Cause may, without further warning, result in this action

being dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute and comply with court orders, see

Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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