Perez
Perez v. State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SILVIA A BRANDON PEREZ, Case No. 19-cv-02926-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE DISMISSAL
v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 14 STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants.
12 In a prior order, the Court denied pro se plaintiff Silvia Brandon Perez’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, and dismissed the first amended complaint with leave to amend because it did not state a plausible federal claim. Dkt. No. 8. After obtaining a continuance, Perez filed a second amended complaint. Dkt. No. 14. The Court’s sua sponte review of the new complaint shows that it is the same as the original complaint in all material respects. Perez did not provide any new facts to make her federal civil rights or discrimination claims actionable at the pleadings stage. Consequently, the second amended complaint is dismissed. In the absence of a federal claim, the Court declines to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the state law claims. See 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(3). The dismissal is with prejudice for the…