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Nature of Suit Code: 445
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRANK ROBERTSON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 15-cv-03416-TEH 

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF 

LEAVE TO AMEND AND DENYING 

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO 

DISMISS AS MOOT 

Defendants County of Alameda and Lori Cox have moved to dismiss the complaint, 

and Plaintiff Frank Robertson has filed a motion for leave to amend his complaint to 

remove all federal causes of action and remand the case to state court. 

At this early stage of the proceedings, Robertson may make the “straight-forward 

tactical decision” to dismiss his federal claims and seek remand to state court. Baddie v. 

Berkeley Farms, Inc., 64 F.3d 487, 491 (9th Cir. 1995). The Court therefore GRANTS 

Robertson’s request for leave to amend to remove all federal claims, thus rendering 

Defendants’ motion to dismiss moot. Robertson shall file his amended complaint on or 

before September 10, 2015. The Court encourages counsel to meet and confer to avoid 

unnecessary litigation over whether the amended complaint continues to assert federal 

claims. 

In addition, this Court is not inclined to maintain supplemental jurisdiction over a 

case that includes no federal claims. See 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(3) (providing that a court 

may decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction when it “has dismissed all claims over 

which it has original jurisdiction”). Accordingly, the parties shall meet and confer over 

whether they stipulate to Robertson’s motion to remand. On or before September 14, 

2015, either the parties shall file a stipulation and proposed order to remand this case or 

Defendants shall file an opposition to Robertson’s motion to remand. If an opposition is 

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filed, Robertson shall file a reply on or before September 21, 2015, and this matter will 

then be deemed submitted on the papers unless otherwise ordered. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 09/01/15 _____________________________________ 

THELTON E. HENDERSON 

United States District Judge 

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