Christian Doscher v. Kroger Co.
Opinion
Opinion
facts in the complaint might ultimately support a defense to a criminal trespassing
charge.
3 See Ove, 264 F.3d at 821. 4 See United States v. Miguel, 368 F.3d 1150, 1153–54 (9th Cir. 2004), overruled on other grounds by United States v. Gasca-Ruiz, 852 F.3d 1167, 1173–74 (9th Cir. 2017) (en banc). 5 Navarette, 572 U.S. at 403, 134 S. Ct. at 1691. 3 Because Doscher failed to plead an underlying constitutional or federal law
violation, his other federal claims were also properly dismissed. See Olsen v.
Idaho State Bd. of Med., 363 F.3d 916, 930 (9th Cir. 2004) (42 U.S.C. § 1985);
Jackson v. City of Bremerton, 268 F.3d 646, 653–54 (9th Cir. 2001) (municipal
liability); Karim-Panahi v. L.A. Police Dep’t, 839 F.2d 621, 626 (9th Cir. 1988)
(42 U.S.C. § 1986).
However, we reverse the district court’s dismissal of Doscher’s Washington
state law claims. While a district court “‘may decline to exercise supplemental
jurisdiction’ over remaining state law claims,”6 the district court did not indicate
that it was exercising that discretion here. We thus reverse the dismissal of
Doscher’s Washington claims and remand to give the court an opportunity to do
so. See Pell, 99 F.4th…