Case Name: Javier GONZALEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of CALIFORNIA, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-03-13
Citations: 57 F. App'x 338
Docket Number: No. 02-15654; D.C. No. CV-00-06685-REC
Parties: Javier GONZALEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of CALIFORNIA, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 57
Pages: 338–338

Head Matter:
Javier GONZALEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of CALIFORNIA, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 02-15654.
D.C. No. CV-00-06685-REC.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 10, 2003.
Decided March 13, 2003.
Before CANBY, O’SCANNLAIN, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Javier Gonzalez appeals the district court's judgment dismissing his action seeking damages from the State of California for failing to release him from state prison after the expiration of his sentence for a drug conviction. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm.
Gonzalez' sole contention on appeal is that the district court erred by dismissing, without prejudice, his pendent state law claims rather than remanding them, after Gonzalez voluntarily dismissed with prejudice all his federal claims. We review for abuse of discretion, and find none. See Imagineering, Inc. v. Kiewit Pac. Co., 976 F.2d 1303, 1309 (9th Cir.1992) ("if the federal claims are dismissed before trial . the state claims should be dismissed as well") (citation omitted).
AFFIRMED.
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