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Nature of Suit Code: 130
Nature of Suit: Miller Act
Cause of Action: 28:1352 Miller Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PRIME MECHANICAL SERVICE, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

FEDERAL SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC., 

et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 18-cv-03307-MMC 

ORDER DISMISSING FIRST CAUSE 

OF ACTION

By order filed concurrently herewith, the Court has dismissed the sole claim over 

which the Court has original jurisdiction, specifically, the Second Cause of Action, 

wherein plaintiff asserted a claim under 40 U.S.C. 3133(b) against defendant Indemnity 

Company of California. The remaining claim, the First Cause of Action, alleges a state 

law claim for breach of contract against defendant Federal Solutions Group, Inc. (“FSG”), 

a claim as to which the Court’s jurisdiction is supplemental in nature. See 28 U.S.C. § 

1367(a). 

Where, as here, the district court has “dismiss[ed] all claims over which it has 

original jurisdiction,” such court may decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the 

remaining state law claims. See 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(3). In this instance, as the case 

has not progressed past the pleading stage, FSG has not appeared, and there are no 

apparent considerations weighing in favor of retaining jurisdiction over the state law 

claim, the Court finds it appropriate to decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over 

the First Cause of Action. See Carnegie-Mellon Univ. v. Cohill, 484 U.S. 343, 350 (1988) 

(holding “when the federal-law claims have dropped out of the lawsuit in its early stages 

and only state-law claims remain,” federal courts ordinarily “should decline the exercise of 

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jurisdiction by dismissing the case without prejudice”). 

Accordingly, the First Cause of Action is hereby DISMISSED without prejudice to 

plaintiff’s refiling said claim in state court. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 28, 2018 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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