Opinion ID: 72773
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Appellate Jurisdiction To Review The Remand

Text: 21 Engelhardt claims that this court lacks jurisdiction to consider whether the district court improperly remanded his fraud claim to state court. He argues that the district court remanded the state law claim pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c) due to a lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Remand orders based on § 1447(c) are not reviewable on appeal or otherwise.... 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d). 22 Although the district court did not state the statutory basis for its remand order, we conclude that the court remanded the fraud claim pursuant to its discretionary authority under 28 U.S.C. § 1367, and not 28 U.S.C. § 1447. 2 Section 1367(c)(3) empowers the trial court to decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over a state law claim if it has dismissed all of the related claims over which it has original jurisdiction. The district court demonstrated its belief that it had original subject matter jurisdiction over the ERISA claim by expressly retaining jurisdiction over the issue of statutory attorney's fees and interest. Thus, the court's subsequent remand of the related state law claim was necessarily a decision not to exercise supplemental jurisdiction under § 1367(c)(3). 3 As a result, we have jurisdiction to review the district court's order. 4 23