Medina

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRISTOPHER LIPSEY, JR., 1:17-cv-01705-LJO-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

REQUEST FOR RULING

v. (Doc. 29) MEDINA, et al.,

Defendants. 16 This civil rights action was closed on January 8, 2020, after determination that Plaintiff repeatedly failed to state a claim. (Doc. 27.) Plaintiff has since filed a motion requesting a ruling as to the status of his state law claims. Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Servs., Inc., 545 U.S. 546, 552 (2005). Federal courts have supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims only when the plaintiff alleges a federal claim over which the court has original jurisdiction and the state law claims “are so related to the claims in the action within such original jurisdiction that they form part of the same case or controversy under Article III of the United States Constitution.” 28 U.S.C. § 1367(a). When the federal claims are dismissed before trial,…