Ewing

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTON EWING, Case No.: 21-cv-2141-CAB-MDD

Plaintiff,

ORDER DECLINING

v. SUPPLEMENTAL JURISDICTION

OVER STATE LAW CLAIMS

GOLV, INC.,

Defendant.

18 Plaintiff Anton Ewing filed a complaint alleging one federal claim under the 19 Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227 (the “TCPA”), and three California 20 state law claims. The complaint asserts that the Court has supplemental subject matter 21 jurisdiction over the state law claims because the state law claims “are part of a common 22 nucleus of operative fact” with the TCPA claim. Complaint ¶ 7. Even assuming the Court 23 is permitted to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the state law claims, however, it is 24 not required to do so. Section 1367(c) expressly provides that district courts may decline 25 to exercise supplemental jurisdiction under any of the following circumstances: 26 (1) The claim raises a novel or complex issue of State…