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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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Case No.: 5:13-cv-03205-EJD

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

JANET L. SANDERS, et al.,

Plaintiff,

v.

COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ, et al.,

Defendant.

Case No. 5:13-cv-03205-EJD 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

On July 11, 2013, Plaintiffs Janet L. Sanders, Larry Sanders and Daniel Ryan Pierce

(“Plaintiffs”) commenced the instant action directly in this court against Defendants County of 

Santa Cruz and Phil Wowak in his capacity as the Santa Cruz County Sheriff (“County 

Defendants”) for claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and related state-law causes of action. As 

indicated in the Complaint, subject matter jurisdiction arose over Plaintiffs’ federal claims under 

28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343, and arose over the state-law claims under 28 U.S.C. § 1367. 

After filing an Answer to the Complaint, the County Defendants then filed a Third Party 

Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 14 against Dignity Health d/b/a Dominican 

Hospital and a number of doctors and other providers for express and equitable indemnity under 

California law. According to the Third Party Complaint, subject matter jurisdiction over those 

state-law claims arose under 28 U.S.C. § 1367.

On March 12, 2015, the court dismissed Plaintiffs’ claims according to an agreement 

between Plaintiffs and the County Defendants. 

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1367(a), “in any civil action of which the district courts have 

original jurisdiction, the district courts shall have supplemental jurisdiction over all other claims 

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that are so related to claims in the action within such original jurisdiction that they form part of the 

same case or controversy under Article III of the United States Constitution.” However, a district 

court may properly decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over state-law claims if such 

claims “substantially predominate[] over the claim or claims over which the district court has 

original jurisdiction” or the court “has dismissed all claims over which it has original jurisdiction.”

28 U.S.C. § 1367(c).

Here, the court has dismissed Plaintiffs’ claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 - the only claims 

over which it had original jurisdiction. Thus, it appears at this point that the court should decline 

to exercise continuing supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining third-party claims and dismiss 

them without prejudice. Accordingly, the court hereby issues an order to show cause why the 

County Defendants’ third-party claims should not be dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c). 

If the parties to the Third Party Complaint do not, by March 18, 2015, demonstrate good cause in 

writing why the claims should not be dismissed, the court will dismiss them without prejudice. 

No hearing will be held on the order to show cause unless otherwise ordered by the court.

As to other pending matters, the County Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Larry Sanders as a 

plaintiff (Docket Item No. 107) is DENIED AS MOOT due to the dismissal of Plaintiffs’ claims. 

All discovery proceedings are STAYED pending further order of the court. The ex parte 

application addressing this topic (Docket Item No. 119) is DENIED AS MOOT. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 13, 2015

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EDWARD J. DAVILA

United States District Judge

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