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Jerry DORAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. 7-ELEVEN, INC. dba 7-Eleven; Southland Corp., Defendants-Appellees.
    Nos. 09-55119, 09-55279.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Sept. 13, 2010.
    
    Filed Oct. 6, 2010.
    Scottlynn J. Hubbard, Esquire, Law Offices of Lynn J. Hubbard, IV, Chico, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    Scott J. Ferrell, Julie R. Trotter, Call, Jensen & Ferrell, P.C., Newport Beach, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
    Before: SILVERMAN, CALLAHAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes these appeals are suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Jerry Doran appeals from the district court’s orders awarding costs to defendant 7-Eleven, Inc. and denying reconsideration in his action alleging claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and state law. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion. Brown v. Lucky Stores, Inc., 246 F.3d 1182, 1187 (9th Cir.2001) (costs); Sch. Dist. No. 1J, Multnomah County, Or. v. ACandS, Inc., 5 F.3d 1255, 1262 (9th Cir.1993) (reconsideration). We reverse and remand.

The district court dismissed Doran’s ADA claim and concluded that defendant was not entitled to costs because the claim was not frivolous, unreasonable, or without foundation. See Brown, 246 F.3d at 1190. The district court then denied Doran’s request to plead diversity jurisdiction, dismissed Doran’s state law claims without prejudice to refiling them in federal or state court, and awarded costs to defendant on these state law claims. The state law claims are now pending in district court. The district court abused its discretion when it awarded costs to defendant on the state law claims, because defendant was not a prevailing party on these claims. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(d)(1); cf. Miles v. California, 320 F.3d 986, 989 (9th Cir. 2003) (defendant was prevailing party where dismissal eliminated claim from further proceedings in federal court and thus materially altered the legal relationship of the parties).

Doran’s unopposed request for judicial notice is granted.

REVERSED and REMANDED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.