Torres

MEMORANDUM ***

Felix Torres, Jr., a California attorney who was suspended from the practice of law for misconduct, appeals pro se the district court’s order dismissing his action against the State Bar of California, the State Bar Journal, and Keith Ball, whose ex-wife Torres represented in a family matter. Torres’s action alleged violations of 42 U.S.C. §§ 42 U.S.C.1981, 1983, and 1985 and also alleged that the inclusion of details about his disciplinary matter on the State Bar’s website amounted to intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, and invasion of privacy. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo dismissal based on Eleventh Amendment immunity, see In re Harleston, 331 F.3d 699, 701 (9th Cir.2003), as well as dismissal for failure to exhaust, see B.K.B. v. Maui Police Dep’t, 276 F.3d 1091, 1099 (9th Cir.2002). We review for abuse of discretion the district court’s refusal to exercise supplemental jurisdiction. See Ove v. Gwinn, 264 F.3d 817, 821 (9th Cir.2001). We affirm.

The district court correctly dismissed Torres’s action against the State Bar and the State Bar Journal on Eleventh Amendment grounds because the *15 State…