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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 28:1446 Petition for Removal-Fair Labor Standards

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

CENTRAL DIVISION 

ARTHUR CARSON 

v. No. 4:20-cv-343-DPM 

WOLFE STREET 

FOUNDATION, INC.; 

VICKIE SIEBENMORGEN; 

and JAMES BOWLING 

ORDER 

PLAINTIFF 

DEFENDANTS 

Carson sued his employer, Wolfe Street, in state court, making 

various state and federal claims about an allegedly unsafe workplace 

and race-based compensation discrimination. Wolfe Street removed 

the case here. Carson filed a post-answer amended complaint, and the 

next day moved for permission to do so. He also seeks remand and 

various service-related sanctions against Wolfe Street. Opposing 

remand, Wolfe Street points out that the amended complaint still cites 

both the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Occupational Safety and 

Health Act. Doc. 4 at 2. 

Workplace safety is the core of this case. Though Carson cites 

FLSA, his amended pleading makes no claim about earned-but-unpaid 

compensation. Gone, too, are the allegations of race discrimination and 

the citations to 42 U.S.C. §1983. OSHA does not provide a private right 

of action. Chew v. American Greetings Corp., 754 F.3d 632, 637 (8th Cir. 

Case 4:20-cv-00343-DPM Document 16 Filed 05/15/20 Page 1 of 2
2014). Carson did not need the Court's permission to file a clarifying 

amended complaint because he acted promptly after Wolfe Street 

answered. FED. R. CIV. P. 15(a)(l)(B). His motion to amend, Doc. 6, is 

denied without prejudice as moot. His amended complaint stands. 

Carson's motions to strike and for sanctions, Doc. 8 & 14, are denied as 

frivolous. No federal question remains in this case. And the Court 

declines, in the circumstances, to exercise supplemental jurisdiction 

over the state-law core dispute. 28 U.S.C. §1367(c)(3). The motion, 

Doc. 7, is granted: the Court remands this case to the Circuit Court of 

Pulaski County, Arkansas. 

So Ordered. 

D .P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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