Garamendi

MEMORANDUM **

Plaintiff William Palmer formerly served as the chief lawyer in the California Department of Insurance (“the Department”) and its Conservation and Liquidation Office (“CLO”). He filed suit against Insur *654 anee Commissioner John Garamendi and the CLO alleging that his federal constitutional and state law rights were violated because he was forced to assist the Department on legal matters after leaving his government post without receiving reimbursement. The district court dismissed his federal law claims for failing to state a cause of action and declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the state law claims.

As alleged in his complaint and argued in his briefs, Palmer’s entitlement to reimbursement chiefly arose from the employment agreement he had with the CLO. That agreement required Palmer to assist the Insurance Commissioner in certain litigation after leaving the CLO and provided that Palmer would be reimbursed for such assistance. Palmer alleges that the Department forced him to provide assistance pursuant to this agreement, yet did not provide reimbursement. Palmer, however, does not allege that the State of California failed to provide a means…