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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Employment Discrimination

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VALERIE ADAMS,

Plaintiff,

 v.

KAISER PERMANENTE

INTERNATIONAL, et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 09-01270 JSW

ORDER REMANDING ACTION

Plaintiff filed an amended complaint stating only state law claims. A district court may

decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction in a case arising from a common nucleus of

operative fact where, inter alia, it has dismissed the federal claims. 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(3). In

order to make this determination, courts should consider factors such as “economy,

convenience, fairness, and comity.” Acri v. Varian Assocs., Inc., 114 F.3d 999, 1001 (9th Cir.

1997) (internal quotations and citations omitted). When “federal-law claims are eliminated

before trial, the balance of factors to be considered ... will point toward declining to exercise

jurisdiction over the remaining state-law claims.” Carnegie-Mellon Univ. v. Cohill, 484 U.S.

343, 350 n.7 (1988), superseded by statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c). 

In this case, it would be equally convenient for the parties to try the remaining claims in

state court, where this case originated. The Court concludes that principles of comity,

convenience, and judicial economy weigh against retaining supplemental jurisdiction in this

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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case and, therefore, it shall remand this case to the Alameda County Superior Court.

Accordingly, this matter is HEREBY REMANDED to Alameda County Superior Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 13, 2010 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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