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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans w/ Disabilities Act (ADA)

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHELBY GAIL HEIFETZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

MANOJKUMAR NILKANTH, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 18-cv-04623-TSH 

ORDER ENFORCING GENERAL 

ORDER 56

Re: Dkt. Nos. 17, 18

General Order 56 is intended to reduce the burden and expense of litigating denial of 

access cases under Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. To that end, it provides 

for the parties to such cases to conduct initial disclosures, perform a joint site inspection, meet and 

confer regarding settlement, and if they do not settle, to have a mediation. While those steps are 

underway, all other discovery and proceedings are stayed. In this action, Defendant Priti Nilkanth 

has filed a request for an order for Plaintiff Shelby Heifetz to show cause why she has standing, 

why her ADA claim is not moot, and why her Unruh Act claim should not be remanded to state 

court. ECF No. 17. In response, Heifetz has filed a motion to strike Nilkanth’s request. ECF No. 

18. 

Nilkanth’s request would require summary judgment-like consideration of evidence on the 

issues of standing and mootness, as neither defect is apparent on the face of the complaint. And 

before the Court rules on contested factual assertions, the parties would be entitled to discovery, 

including depositions and document requests. But discovery and motion practice are precisely the 

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kinds of expenses from which General Order 56 spares the litigants during these initial steps to see 

if the case can be settled early on. Nilkanth’s request for an order to show cause is therefore

DENIED, and Heifetz’s motion to strike is DENIED as moot. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 4, 2019

THOMAS S. HIXSON

United States Magistrate Judge

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