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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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Chapman v. Pier 1 Imports (U.S.), Inc., Case No. CIV.S-04-1339 LKK DAD 

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AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP 

Christine A. Samsel (CA SBN 150868) 

2029 Century Park East, Suite 2400 

Los Angeles, CA 90067 

Telephone: (310) 229-1000 

Facsimile: (310) 229-1001 

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP 

Roland M. Juarez (CA SBN 160793) 

1700 Pacific Avenue, Suite 4100 

Dallas, TX 75201-4675 

Telephone: (214) 969-2800 

Facsimile: (214) 969-4343 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PIER 1 IMPORTS (U.S.), INC. 

DISABLED ADVOCACY GROUP, APLC 

Lynn Hubbard, III, SBN 69773 

Scottlynn J. Hubbard, IV, SBN 212970 

12 Williamsburg Lane 

Chico, CA. 95926 

(530) 895-3252 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

BYRON CHAPMAN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BYRON CHAPMAN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

PIER 1 IMPORTS (U.S.), INC.; dba PIER 1 

IMPORTS #1132; R/M VACAVILLE LTD; and 

DOES 1 through 10, 

Defendants. 

Case No. CIV.S-04-1339 LKK DAD 

FINAL JUDGMENT 

Date: June 26, 2007 

Time: 10:30 a.m. 

Location: Courtroom 4, 15th Floor 

Hon. Lawrence K. Karlton 

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Plaintiff Byron Chapman together with Defendant Pier 1 Imports (U.S.), Inc. (“Pier 1”), by and 

through their authorized representatives, have entered into a Stipulation for Entry of Final Judgment, 

consenting to this entry of this Final Judgment, and preserving Pier 1’s right to appeal the Court’s 

rulings in this matter and this Final Judgment. Therefore, the Court hereby ORDERS, ADJUDGES 

and DECREES that: 

Based upon the totality of Court’s findings in its MSJ Order, Pier 1 is to remove the following 

barriers found by the Court in the MSJ Order within one hundred and twenty days: 

• Post the International Symbol of Accessibility on the Store’s entrance door at 60 inches 

above the floor (Court’s MSJ Order at p. 21); 

• Remove a waste receptacle from the clear floor space in the men’s restroom (Court’s 

MSJ Order at p. 25); 

• Ensure the service counter is between 28 and 34 inches from the floor (Court’s MSJ 

Order at pp. 26-27); 

• Ensure the bottom edge of the men’s restroom mirror is no higher than 40 inches from 

the floor (Court’s MSJ Order at pp. 26-27); 

• Ensure that the aisle in the Store measuring 27 1⁄4 inches wide is modified to be 36 

inches wide (Court’s MSJ Order at p. 29). 

Based upon the Court’s findings in its MSJ Order, Pier 1 will make the following modification 

within ninety days after Pier 1’s appeal in this matter has been exhausted, or within one hundred and 

twenty days, if Pier 1 does not file an appeal in this matter: 

• Provide a drinking fountain stream that is at least 4 inches high (Court’s MSJ Order at 

p. 30). 

Under the California Disabled Persons Act, a party is entitled to statutory damages upon a 

showing that he is an individual with a disability and that the public accommodation has architectural 

barriers in violation of the ADA. Cal. Civ. Code § 54.1(d). Because the Court previously found in its 

MSJ Order that barriers existed at Defendant’s facility in violation of the ADA, it is inevitable that the 

Court will find a violation of the Disabled Persons Act. Thus, based upon the totality of the Court’s 

rulings, the parties stipulate that Plaintiff is entitled to $8,000 in statutory damages under Civil Code § 

54.3, based upon Plaintiff’s visits to the facility on May 22, 2004, and June 4, 2004. 

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The Court shall retain jurisdiction over this matter for purposes of enforcing this Final 

Judgment. 

All other matters not otherwise addressed by this Final Judgment or the parties’ Joint 

Stipulation for Entry of Final Judgment, filed concurrently herewith, are dismissed with prejudice. 

Dated: June 22, 2007. 

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