Theresa Brooke v. Madhu Prasad, trustee of the Prasad Revocable Family Trust

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California

Theresa Brooke v. Madhu Prasad, trustee of the Prasad Revocable Family Trust

Trial Court Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 THERESA BROOKE, Case No. 1:25-cv-01145 JLT CDB

12 Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND DECLINING 13 v. SUPPLEMENTAL JURISDICTION OVER PLAINTIFF’S STATE LAW CLAIM 14 MADHU PRASAD, trustee of the Prasad Revocable Family Trust, (Doc. 7) 15 Defendant. 16

17 Theresa Brooke seeks to hold Madhu Prasad, in his capacity as trustee of the Prasad 18 Revocable Trust, liable for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and California’s 19 Unruh Civil Rights Act. (Doc. 1.) Following an order to show cause regarding jurisdiction 20 (Doc. 4), the assigned magistrate judge issued Findings and Recommendations, recommending 21 the Court decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Plaintiff’s state law claim and 22 dismiss the Unruh Act claim without prejudice pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 1367

(c)(4). (Doc. 7.) 23 The Court served the Findings and Recommendations on Plaintiff1 and informed her that 24 any objections must be filed within 14 days of the date of service. (Doc. 7 at 8.) The Court 25 advised her that “failure to file objections within the specified time may result in the waiver of 26 rights on appeal.” (Id., citing Wilkerson v. Wheeler,

772 F.3d 834, 838-839

(9th Cir. 2014).) 27 Plaintiff did not file objections, and the time to do so has expired. 1 According to

28 U.S.C. § 636

(b)(1), this Court performed a de novo review of the case. 2 | Having carefully reviewed the matter, the Court concludes the Findings and Recommendations 3 | are supported by the record and by proper analysis. Thus, the Court ORDERS: 4 1. The Findings and Recommendations dated September 16, 2025 (Doc. 7) are 5 ADOPTED in full. 6 2. The Court DECLINES to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Plaintiff's claim 7 arising under state law pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 1367

(c)(4). 8 3. Plaintiffs claim for violations of the Unruh Act are DISMISSED without 9 prejudice. 10 IT IS SO ORDERED. 12 Dated: _ October 1, 2025 Cerin | Tower TED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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