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Parties Involved:
City of St. Louis, Missouri
Appellee
John Does
Appellee
Freddie Dunlap
Appellee
Grand Center
Appellee
Rick Lauman
Appellee
Eric D. Lougin
Appellant
Shawn Ordway
Appellee
Claudia Roe
Appellee
Chris Roth
Appellee
Francesco R. Russo
Appellant
St. Louis City Board of Equalization
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 19-2469

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Eric D. Lougin; Francesco R. Russo

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiffs - Appellants

v.

City of St. Louis, Missouri; Grand Center, Inc.; Freddie Dunlap, in his official and

individual capacity; John Does, 1-4, in their official capacity; Chris Roth, in his

official and individual capacity; Rick Lauman, in his official capacity; Shawn

Ordway, in his official capacity; Claudia Roe, in her official capacity; St. Louis

City Board of Equalization, City of Saint Louis Assessor President of the BOE

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees

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Appeal from United States District Court

for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis

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 Submitted: February 26, 2020

Filed: March 6, 2020

[Unpublished]

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Before BENTON, SHEPHERD, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Appellate Case: 19-2469 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/06/2020 Entry ID: 4888606
Eric Lougin and Francesco Russo appeal the district court’s order in their pro

se complaint raising claims under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985, as well as state law,

in which the district court dismissed the federal claims and remanded the state law

claimsto state court. Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments

on appeal, we conclude the court properly dismissed the federal claims. See

Plymouth Cty. v. Merscorp, Inc., 774 F.3d 1155, 1158 (8th Cir. 2014) (de novo

review of dismissal order). Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed asto the dismissal

of the federal claims. We vacate the order remanding the state law claims to state

court, however, asthe case did not originate in state court; and we instruct the district

court to enter an order dismissing the state law claims without prejudice.

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Appellate Case: 19-2469 Page: 2 Date Filed: 03/06/2020 Entry ID: 4888606