Jaymie Ann Martin v. Pearl Jean K. Kamalu-Staggs, Deldon James Staggs, and K & S Backhoe Service, Inc.

87 F.3d 1320 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Jaymie Ann MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pearl Jean K. KAMALU-STAGGS, Deldon James Staggs, and K & S Backhoe Service, Inc., Defendants-Appellants. No. 94-15404. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 8, 1996. Decided June 4, 1996. Before: FLETCHER, D.W. NELSON, and CANBY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 The defendants appeal the voluntary dismissal without prejudice of Jaymie Ann Martin's state civil rights claims, arguing that they should have been dismissed with prejudice as time-barred under Hawaii law. The District Court dismissed these claims without prejudice on two independent and alternative grounds: first, after dismissing Martin's federal claims with prejudice, the court declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over her state claims; and second, the court held that dismissal without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2) would not unduly…