Opinion ID: 3052365
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Heading: Appeal or Mandamus

Text: [4] Having decided that we are not statutorily precluded from examining the district court’s remand order, we now consider whether a discretionary decision to decline supplemental jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c) must be challenged in a petition for writ of mandamus (“mandamus petition”), or pursuant to an appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. CALIFORNIA DEP’T OF WATER v. POWEREX 8979 Although our precedents have held that a mandamus petition is the exclusive procedure, we believe that intervening Supreme Court authority is clearly irreconcilable with such a rule, and we therefore take the unusual step of departing from our earlier decisions. In both its Notice of Appeal and its brief, Powerex identifies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 as the basis for our jurisdiction. Although neither party addresses the mandamus issue, we have an obligation to satisfy ourselves that jurisdiction properly lies. Snodgrass v. Provident Life & Accident Ins. Co., 147