Jones v. Goodwin

1 Citing case

  1. Ball v. Book

    CIVIL 1:19-CV-01283 (W.D. La. Feb. 18, 2022)   Cited 3 times

    The Court finds declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Plaintiffs' state law claims is proper under the above-mentioned factors, especially considering all federal claims have been dismissed. Additionally, because the Plaintiffs' state law claims must be decided using different standards of liability than those in a ยง 1983 action, were the Court to retain jurisdiction it would be incumbent upon the Court to adjudicate issues related to the proper application of Louisiana law that are more appropriately reviewed by a Louisiana court in the first instance. See Hicks v. Austin Indep. School Dist., 564 Fed.Appx. 747, 749 (5th Cir. 2014); Dixon v. Barr, 2022 WL 141676 at *3 (W.D. La. Jan. 14, 2022); Martin v. Staff/Employees USP Pollock, 2021 WL 5631440 at *4 (W.D. La. Nov. 9, 2021); Jones v. Goodwin, 2021 WL 5912864 at *6 (W.D. La. Oct. 25, 2021). Accordingly, the Court concludes that it is appropriate to decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Plaintiffs' remaining claims. Conclusion