Veronica Avelar v. Youth and Family Enrichment Services

MEMORANDUM

In district court, plaintiff Veronica Ave-lar. (“Avelar”) asserted a federal § 1983 claim against defendant Floyd Burrell; the remaining claims against Burrell and defendant/appellee Youth and Family Enrichment Services (“YFES”) involved purely state law. Exercising supplemental jurisdiction over the related state claims, see 28 U.S.C. § 1367 (a), the district court granted summary judgment in favor of YFES. Because Avelar then agreed to dismiss her claims against Burrell, including the federal claim, there were no federal claims remaining in the litigation at the entry of judgment. We have frequently recognized that when federal claims are dismissed before trial, supplemental state claims should ordinarily also be dismissed. See Jones v. Cmty. Redevelopment Agency of City of Los Angeles, 733 F.2d 646, 651 (9th Cir.1984); Wren v. Sletten Const. Co., 654 F.2d 529 , 536 (9th Cir.1981) (‘When the state issues apparently predominate and all federal claims are dismissed before trial, the proper exercise of discretion requires dismissal of the state claim.”); see also United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs, 383 U.S. 715, 726 , 86 S.Ct. 1130 , 16 L.Ed.2d 218…