Lawrence v. Kao
- Charles Breyer
- 3:21-cv-00108
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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In Lawrence v. Kao, Judge Breyer denied Kao’s motion to dismiss as moot after Lawrence filed an amended complaint.
Hasha Lawrence and Kuami Kao; the ruling concerned Kao’s motion to dismiss Lawrence’s original complaint.
What happened
Hasha Lawrence sued Kuami Kao under the Americans with Disabilities Act and California’s Unruh Act. Kao then moved to dismiss Lawrence’s original complaint.
Lawrence filed an amended complaint while Kao’s motion was pending. Because the amended complaint replaced the original complaint, the court denied the motion to dismiss as moot.
Judge Charles R. Breyer issued the April 30, 2021 order. The order did not decide whether Lawrence’s claims had merit.
The detailed version
- Lawrence v. Kao · No. 3:21-cv-00108
- Charles Breyer
- Apr. 30, 2021
Background
Hasha Lawrence sued Kuami Kao for alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and California’s Unruh Act. Kao moved to dismiss the original complaint on March 23, 2021. Lawrence filed an amended complaint on April 3, 2021.
Ruling
Because Lawrence filed an amended complaint, the court denied Kao’s motion to dismiss the original complaint as moot. A motion is moot when a later event means the court no longer needs to decide it. The order did not resolve the merits of Lawrence’s claims or state whether the amended complaint would survive a later challenge.
Disposition
Judge Charles R. Breyer denied the motion to dismiss as moot.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.