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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JAMES McCARTY and ROBERT 

McCARTY, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

RUSSEL HUMPHREY, in his individual 

capacity; the HUMPHREY LAW GROUP, 

LAKESHORE TOWER ASSOCIATION; 

FAIRWAY MANAGEMENT SERVICES, 

INC.; LODI LAND COMPANY, LLC; 

MARK T. CHAO; YEN L. CHEN; 

KERRY M. GIANNONI LIVING TRUST; 

MIKE MALONEY, LANI K. MALONEY; 

JOHN FIGONE III TRUST ET AL, and 

DOES 1-8, 

Defendants. 

No. 2:13-cv-00431-KJM-AC 

ORDER 

Plaintiffs Robert McCarty and James McCarty filed a second motion for summary 

judgment on February 28, 2015 (ECF No. 70), seeking an order granting injunctive relief under 

the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and similar California injunctive relief statutes. On 

September 15, 2015, the court granted plaintiffs’ motion in part and directed plaintiffs to submit a 

proposed order effecting the injunctive relief granted. Based on plaintiffs’ proposed order, the 

court now orders the following injunctive relief against defendants based on the ADA, the 

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Americans with Disabilities Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) and the California Building 

Code (CBC)/Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations. (ECF No. 83.) 

I. STAIRWAY HANDRAILS 

The handrails at Lakeshore Plaza on both stair cases violate the ADAAG 4.10.7. 

Defendants must comply and mount the handrails so that the top of the handrail gripping surface 

is between 34” to 38” above the stair nosing pursuant to ADAAG 4.10.7. Furthermore, the 

handrails must be properly returned pursuant to ADAAG 4.9.4. The nosing must comply with 

section 4.9.2 and 4.9.3 of ADAAG (ECF No. 83.) This must be done in ninety (90) days and 

verified at that time as compliant by a CASp ADA expert in a report to be provided to Plaintiffs’ 

attorneys, barring unforeseen circumstances that are beyond Defendants’ control, which must be 

communicated to Plaintiffs’ counsel. 

II. SURFACE SLOPE 

Defendants’ new double and third disabled parking spaces at Lakeshore Plaza do 

not meet the slope requirements of the ADAAG 4.3.7 and 4.8 and California Building Code 

§§ 1133B.7.4, 1124B.2. (ECF No. 83.) The new third disabled access aisle surface slope located 

in the parking lot closest to S. Mills Avenue was measured at 3.9%, which failed to meet the 

federal and state disabled access code requirements. (Id.) Defendants must comply with said 

codes and ensure that those surface slopes do not exceed 2% in the cross and running surface 

slopes within ninety (90) days from the date of this order. Compliance is to be verified by a 

CASp ADA expert and recorded in a CASp report to be sent to plaintiffs’ counsel, barring 

unforeseen circumstances beyond defendants’ control, which must be communicated to plaintiffs’ 

counsel. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: October 16, 2015. 

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