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Nature of Suit Code: 140
Nature of Suit: Negotiable Instruments
Cause of Action: 15:1601 Truth in Lending

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28 This matter is deemed to be suitable for decision without oral *

argument. E.D. Cal. R. 230(g).

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EWA J. CARBONE (GRYCIUK), )

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Plaintiff, ) 2:09-cv-03031-GEB-KJM

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v. ) ORDER DISMISSING PLAINTIFF’S

) FEDERAL CLAIMS AND DECLINING 

INDYMAC FEDERAL BANK; ) EXERCISE OF SUPPLEMENTAL 

MORTGAGEIT INC.; MTC FINANCIAL ) JURISDICTION OVER PLAINTIFF’S

INC. dba TRUSTEE CORPS; ONEWEST ) STATE CLAIMS*

BANK; CANYON CAPITAL FUNDING; )

BRYAN TULLY, and DOES 1-20, )

inclusive, )

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Defendants. )

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On February 15, 2010 Plaintiff filed a statement of nonopposition to Defendant MortgageIT Inc.’s (“MortgageIT”) pending

motion to dismiss. Plaintiff states in her statement of nonopposition that she “does not oppose” dismissal of the following

claims in her First Amended Complaint (“FAC”): her “Ninth (9th) Cause

of Action for Violation of the Truth in Lending Act[,]” her “Eighth

(8th) Cause of Action for Violation of the Real Estate Settlement

Procedures Act (“RESPA”)[,]” and her “Second (2nd) Cause of Action for

Breach of Fiduciary Duty”“in so far as it relates to Defendant

MortgageIT only.” (Non-Opp’n 1:26-2:6). Further, Plaintiff “requests

that [her] TILA (Count 9 of the FAC) and RESPA (Count 8 of the FAC)

causes of action be dismissed against all defendant without prejudice;

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and . . . that [her claim for] breach of fiduciary duty (Count 2 of

the FAC). . . be dismissed against defendant MortgageIT only without

prejudice.” (Id. 2:6-11)(emphasis in original). Therefore, and

pursuant to Plaintiff’s statement of non-opposition, Plaintiff’s TILA

and RESPA claims are dismissed without prejudice, and Plaintiff’s

claim for breach of fiduciary duty against defendant MortgageIT is

dismissed without prejudice.

Since this dismissal terminates all federal claims in

Plaintiff’s FAC, the Court decides whether it will exercise

supplemental jurisdiction over Plaintiff’s state claims. Under 28

U.S.C. § 1367(c)(3), a district court “may decline to exercise

supplemental jurisdiction over a [state] claim” if “all claims over

which it has original jurisdiction” have been dismissed. “While

discretion to decline . . . supplemental jurisdiction over state law

claims is triggered by the presence of one of the conditions in §

1367(c), it is informed by the . . . values of economy, convenience,

fairness and comity” as delineated by the Supreme Court in United Mine

Workers of Am. v. Gibbs, 383 U.S. 715, 726 (1966). Acri v. Varian

Assocs., Inc., 114 F.3d 999, 1001 (9th Cir. 1997) (en banc). 

“Since state courts have the primary responsibility to 

develop and apply state law, . . . the Gibbs values do not favor

exercise of supplemental jurisdiction over [Plaintiffs’] state claims

. . . .” Anderson v. Countrywide Fin., No. 2:08-cv-01220-GEB-GGH,

2009 WL 3368444, at *5 (E.D. Cal. Oct. 19, 2009); see also Acri, 114

F.3d at 1001 (stating that “in the usual case in which all federal-law

claims are eliminated before trial, the balance of factors will point 

towards declining to exercise jurisdiction over the remaining statelaw claims (internal quotations and citations omitted)). Therefore,

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Plaintiff’s remaining state law claims are dismissed without prejudice

under 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(3).

Dated: February 18, 2010

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

 

 

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