Opinion ID: 216365
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Final Order Analysis

Text: We first address whether we have a reviewable final order in this case given the parallel proceeding in state court. The district court dismissed Cohon's statutory and constitutional claims, holding that her complaint failed to state a claim for which relief could be granted as to each of those claims. The district court then declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over any remaining state claims and remanded adjudication of the administrative claims to the state court. R., Vol. 1 at 241-42 (citing 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(3); Smith v. City of Enid, by and through the Enid City Comm'n, 149 F.3d 1151, 1156 (10th Cir. 1998) (When all federal claims have been dismissed, the court may, and usually should, decline to exercise jurisdiction over any remaining state claims.)). The district court then entered final judgment. Because the remand to the state court was discretionary under Section 1367(c), the separate state appeal pending does not deprive us of jurisdiction to hear this appeal for lack of finality. See Carlsbad Tech., Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc., ___ U.S. ___, 129 S.Ct. 1862, 1867, 173 L.Ed.2d 843 (2009) (`[T]he [district] court's exercise of its discretion under § 1367(c) is not a jurisdictional matter. Thus, the court's determination may be reviewed for abuse of discretion, but may not be raised at any time as a jurisdictional defect.') (quoting 16 J. Moore et al., Moore's Federal Practice § 106.05[4], p. 106-27 (3d ed. 2009)). Thus, before the state court is Cohon's appeal of the budget requests that were denied and before us for review is the process by which the Mi Via Waiver program is administered and whether Cohon's allegations state a claim for relief under federal law.