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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000 Job Discrimination (Race)

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION

TAMIKA J. AUSTIN, et al., )

)

Plaintiffs, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 2:04cv420-T

) (WO)

CITY OF MONTGOMERY, et al., )

)

Defendants. )

OPINION

Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit, pursuant to Title VII of

the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C.A.

§§ 1981a, 2000e through 2000e-17) and the Civil Rights Act of

1866 (42 U.S.C.A. § 1981), charging employment

discrimination; they also assert a state-law claim for

assault. This lawsuit is now before the court on the

recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge that

defendants' motion for summary judgment should be granted.

Also before the court are plaintiffs’ objections to the

recommendation. After an independent and de novo review of

the record, the court concludes that plaintiffs’ objections

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should be overruled and the magistrate judge’s recommendation

adopted.

The court, however, offers these additional comments.

28 U.S.C.A. § 1367(c)(3) provides that a “district court may

decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over a claim if

... the district court has dismissed all claims over which it

has original jurisdiction.” The court’s dismissal of the

state-law claim here should not work to plaintiffs’

disadvantage. Section 1367(d) provides for at least a 30-day

tolling of any applicable statute of limitations so as to

allow a plaintiff to refile its claim in state court. The

section states:

“The period of limitations for any claim

asserted under subsection (a), and for any

other claim in the same action that is

voluntarily dismissed at the same time as

or after the dismissal of the claim under

subsection (a), shall be tolled while the

claim is pending and for a period of 30

days after it is dismissed unless State law

provides for a longer tolling period.”

An appropriate judgment will be entered.

DONE, this the 21st day of October, 2005.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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