Opinion ID: 2740077
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Heading: Pendent Claims Under Puerto Rico Law

Text: Acevedo's remaining claims are based on Articles 1802 and 1803 of the Puerto Rico Civil Code, P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 31, §§ 5141-5142. A district court has broad discretion to exercise pendent jurisdiction over state law claims after it has dismissed federal law claims. Lares Group II v. Tobin, 221 F.3d 41, 45 (1st Cir. 2000). Here, the district court invoked that discretion, deciding that Acevedo cannot have a cause of action under local law when plaintiff's federal cause of action fails. The district court did not err in dismissing Acevedo's claims under Puerto Rico law on that basis.5 Affirmed. 5 We also note, as the district court did, that Acevedo's claims under Puerto Rico law would be subject to the same statute of limitations period (one year) as the § 1983 claim. Hence, those Puerto Rico law claims are time-barred for the same reasons as the § 1983 claim described above. -10-