Opinion ID: 2812075
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Heading: The Puerto Rico Civil Code Claims

Text: Finally, Plaintiffs object to the district court's decision to decline supplemental jurisdiction over their claims under the Puerto Rico Civil Code. When federal jurisdiction is premised on a federal claim and those federal claims are later dismissed, a district court has the option of declining to exercise its supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining state law claims. 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(3); see also, e.g., Desjardins v. Willard, 777 F.3d 43, 45 (1st Cir. 2015). If the dismissal of the linchpin federal claim proves to have been improvident, [however,] the state-law claims routinely are reinstated. Van Wagner Bos., LLC v. Davey, 770 F.3d 33, 42 (1st Cir. 2014); see also Grajales v. P.R. Ports Auth., 682 F.3d 40, 50 (1st Cir. 2012). We see no -31- reason to deviate from that practice here, so we instruct the district court, on remand, to reinstate Plaintiffs' claims against Rosado under the Puerto Rico Civil Code.