FI L ED U.S. COURT OF APPEAL S EL EVENTHCI RCUI T APRI L11, 2012 J OHN L EY CL ERK [DO N OT PUBLISH]

IN THE UN ITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELE VENTH CIRCUIT

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FRANK C. JOHNSON, J R., a.k .a. Fran k J oh ns on , ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll Pl ai nt iff -Ap pe ll an t, RUTH B. JOHNSON, ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll l Pl ai nt iff , vers us BANK OF NEW

YORK MELLON T RUST COMP ANY, N.A ., CHRIS TIAN W . HANCOCK, In di vi du al ly, ag en t o f Bra dl ey

Aran t Bo ul t Cu m

m in g Law Fi rm , Inth e St at e o f Fl or id a, JON S. WHE ELER, Hon or ab le , Ind iv idua ll y

an d i n h is cap aci ty as Cl erkof C ou rt fo r th e Fi rs t Di st ric t o f Fl or id a an d i n h is en fo rcem en t capa ci ty, CLIVE N MORGAN, Ind iv idua ll y , PENDERGAST AND MORGAN PA, ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll l l Defen da nt s- App el le es .__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ App eal fro m

th e Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co urt forth e North ern Dis tri ctof F lo rid a

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _ (Ap ril 11 , 20 12 ) Befo re CARNES, WILSON andBLACK, Cir cu itJu dg es . PER CURI AM: Fran k J oh ns on Jr., p ro ceed in g pr o s e , app eal s fr om th e d is tri ctco urt’s su a sp on te di sm is sa l, p ur su an t t o 2 8 U.S.C. § 19 15 (e)( 2) (B)( ii ), of th e pr o s e ci vi l rig ht s ac ti on he fil edwith h is wife , Rut h B . Jo hn so n, ag ai ns t v ari ou s d efen da nt s. The Jo hn so ns all eg edvi ol at io ns of t he ir c iv il rig ht s u nd er 4 2 U.S.C. § § 1 98 1, 19 83 , 19 85 (3 ), an d 1 98 6, t he Fo urte en th Am en dm en t t o t he U.S. Con st itut io n, an d Sect io n 2 1 o f th e Fl or id a Co ns ti tu ti on . In ad di ti on , th ey ass ert edst at e la w cla im s fo r br each of t he du ty of go odfai th an d fa ir d eal in g, fr au d a ndin te nt io na l
m is rep res en ta ti on , neg li ge nc e, ne gl ig en t m is rep res en ta ti on , anda cl ai m for in jun ct iv e rel ie f ag ai ns t t he en fo rcem en t o f certa in ord ers en te redin Flo rid a st at e
co urts . Jo hn so n a rg ue s t ha t an am en de d c om pl ai nt , fil edon th e d ay

th e d is tri ct
co urt en te redit s o rd er d is m is si ng th ei r la wsu it , “ rel at edba ck ” to th e Jo hn so ns ’
or ig in al co m

pl ai nt
. W e rev ie w de no vo a d is tri ctco urt’s su a s po nt e di sm is sa l fo r fai lu re t o s ta te

2a cl ai m

pu rs ua ntto § 1 91 5( e)(2 )(B) (ii ), us in g t he same stand ard s t ha t g ov ern di sm is sa ls un de r Ru le 12 (b )(6 ). Mit ch el l v. Fa rc as s , 11 2 F .3d14 83 , 14 90 (11 th Ci r. 19 97 ). W e rev ie w a di st ric t co urt’s d eci si on no t t o e xe rci se supp le m en ta l juri sd ic ti on forab us e o f di sc ret io n. Uto pi a Pr ov ider

Sys., In c. v. Pro -Med Cl in ic al Sys., L.L.C. , 59 6 F .3d13 13 , 13 28 (11 th Cir . 20 10 ). The di stric t co urt co rrec tl y co nc lu de d t he Jo hn so ns ’ co m pl ai ntdi d n otst at e
an y cla im up on whi ch rel ie f co ul d b e g ran te d. Inpa rti cu lar, th ere wer e n o al le ga ti on s s ug ge st in g a ny of th ei r fed eral cla im s co ul d b e m ai nt ai ne d a ga in stan y of th e n am edde fen da nt s, an d t he ir s ta te law cl ai m s fa il edon m ul ti pl e g ro un ds
. W it h re ga rdto th ei r “ rel at io n b ack ” arg um en t, t he di st ric t co urt h aden te redan
or de r di sm is si ng th e co m pl ai ntat t he ti m e th e se co ndam en de d c om pl ai ntwas fil ed . Becau se th e Jo hn so ns ha d a lre ady fil edanam en de d c om

pl ai ntwhi ch th e
co urt co ns id ered , th ey

were n oten ti tl edto a se co ndam en dm en t “ as a m at te r of
co ur se .” Fed . R. Civ . P. 15 (a)( 1) . To th e ex te ntth atan y of t he st at e la w cla im s
m ig htha ve be encap ab le of a m en dm en t, the di st ric t co urt p ro pe rly decl in edto
ex erci se supp le m en ta l ju ris di ct io n o ve r th os e cl ai m s. Acco rd in gl y , we affi rm . AFFIRMED.

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