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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

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PATRICK CONNALLY,

Plaintiff,

 v.

NOB HILL GRILL, at al.,

Defendants.

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No. C 15-5804 CRB

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND

RECOMMENDATION 

This Americans with Disabilities Act case was originally brought by Plaintiff Patrick

Connally, a person with physical disabilities, alleging that Defendants denied him access to

the Nob Hill Grill because the entrance and restrooms were insufficiently accessible. See

Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) (dkt. 28) at 1. Patrick Connally has since passed

away. See id. His brother, Michael Connally, has filed a Motion to Substitute (dkt. 15) and a

Motion to Amend the Complaint (dkt. 18) to add a man named Harrison Kinney—who was

with Patrick Connally when he allegedly encountered physical barriers at the Nob Hill

Grill—as a plaintiff. For the following reasons, and after reviewing the parties’ submissions

and the relevant authorities, the Court ADOPTS the report and recommendation of the

magistrate judge and DENIES both motions on standing and mootness grounds. See R&R.

During the pendency of these motions, Kinney has filed his own lawsuit, see Harrison

Benjamin Kinney v. Nob Hill Grill, et al., No. 16-cv-3211, which has been related to this case. 

The Court agrees with the magistrate judge’s conclusion that Kinney’s lawsuit renders both

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