Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-24 17:00:37.740657+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                        For the Eighth Circuit
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                            No. 22-1818
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                        Shawn Clarke Spottswood

                    lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

                                       v.

              Washington County, MN; Deputy Sarah Peulen

                  lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees
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                 Appeal from United States District Court
                      for the District of Minnesota
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                      Submitted: December 22, 2022
                         Filed: January 24, 2023
                              [Unpublished]
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Before GRASZ, MELLOY, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
       Shawn Spottswood appeals following the district court’s1 adverse grant of
summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. After careful review of the record
and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude the district court properly
dismissed on initial review several defendants and Spottswood’s § 1983 claims
against Washington County. See Moore v. Sims, 200 F.3d 1170, 1171 (8th Cir. 2000)
(reviewing de novo 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) dismissal). We also conclude
summary judgment was proper on his § 1983 claims against the remaining
defendants. See Wood v. Wooten, 986 F.3d 1079, 1080 (8th Cir. 2021) (reviewing de
novo grant of summary judgment). Finally, the district court did not abuse its
discretion in declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Spottswood’s state
claims. See 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(3) (allowing district court to decline to exercise
supplemental jurisdiction over claim after dismissing all original jurisdiction claims);
King v. City of Crestwood, 899 F.3d 643, 651 (8th Cir. 2018) (standard of review).

     Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. We also deny Spottswood’s
motion for appointment of counsel, an extension of time, and for oral argument.
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      1
      The Honorable Michael J. Davis, United States District Judge for the District
of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendation of the Honorable Elizabeth
Cowan Wright, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota.

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