Case Name: Kenneth GRIMSHAW, Pro Se "ex rel", Plaintiff-Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Metlife, Inc., C. Robert Henrikson, Curtis H. Barnette, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-01-10
Citations: 450 F. App'x 886
Docket Number: No. 11-13796
Parties: Kenneth GRIMSHAW, Pro Se “ex rel”, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Metlife, Inc., C. Robert Henrikson, Curtis H. Barnette, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before HULL, PRYOR and BLACK, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 450
Pages: 886–887

Head Matter:
Kenneth GRIMSHAW, Pro Se “ex rel”, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Metlife, Inc., C. Robert Henrikson, Curtis H. Barnette, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 11-13796
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Jan. 10, 2012.
John A. Thornton, Do Campo & Thornton, PA, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Elliot H. Scherker, Brigid F. Cech Sam-óle, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Miami, FL, Mark F. Bideau, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, West Palm Beach, FL, Dawn Giebler-Mill-ner, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Orlando, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before HULL, PRYOR and BLACK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Kenneth Grimshaw appeals the dismissal with prejudice of his complaint that Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and its employees violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq., the insurance laws of the State of New York, and the laws of Florida. Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). Grim-shaw alleged that Metropolitan Life and its employees used mail and wire transmissions to "defraud[ ] [Grimshaw] and hundreds of other beneficiary and/or policyholders nationwide out of millions" of dollars by diminishing beneficiary payments for life insurance policies issued before 1965 that had face values below $1,000. The district court ruled that Grimshaw failed to plead sufficient facts to state a plausible claim for relief. We affirm.
Grimshaw argues that the district court erred by dismissing his complaint based on the insufficient pleading of his claim of racketeering, but we disagree. Grimshaw asks that we remand so he can file an amended complaint, but a remand would be futile because even a " 'more carefully drafted complaint [could not] state a claim.' " Silva v. Bieluch, 351 F.3d 1045, 1048 (11th Cir.2003) (quoting Bank v. Pitt, 928 F.2d 1108, 1112 (11th Cir.1991)). Grimshaw's complaint asserted that Metropolitan Life engaged in racketeering, but the facts alleged in his complaint cannot support a claim of racketeering.
Grimshaw also argues that the supplemental jurisdiction of the district court evaporated upon dismissal of the racketeering claim, but a district court has the discretion to "exercise [supplemental] jurisdiction after dismissing every claim over which it had original jurisdiction." Carlsbad Tech, Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc., 556 U.S. 635, 129 S.Ct. 1862, 1866, 173 L.Ed.2d 843 (2009). Grimshaw fails to challenge the ruling that his complaint also failed to state a claim for relief under state law.
The dismissal of Grimshaw's complaint with prejudice is AFFIRMED.