Oliver v. Trujillo, D.O. ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 BENITA OLIVER, an individual, Case No.: 20-CV-570 JLS (KSC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 13 v. DISMISS AND REMANDING ACTION 14 JENNIFER TRUJILLO, D.O., an individual; CENTRO DE SALUD DE LA 15 (ECF No. 5) COMMUNIDAD DE SAN YSIDRO, a 16 non-profit organization; SCRIPPS HEALTH, a California corporation; and 17 DOES 1 through 20, inclusive, 18 Defendants. 19 20 Presently before the Court is Defendant the United States of America’s Motion to 21 Dismiss (ECF No. 5). Plaintiff Benita Oliver has filed a Notice of Non-opposition to 22 Defendant’s Motion (ECF No. 9). The Court therefore GRANTS Defendant’s Motion 23 (ECF No. 5) and DISMISSES WITHOUT PREJUDICE the United States of America 24 from this action. Because this case has yet to proceed beyond the pleadings, the Court 25 declines to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining state law claims against 26 Defendant Scripps Health, see Ove v. Gwinn, 264 F.3d 817, 826 (9th Cir. 2001), and 27 REMANDS this action this action to the Superior Court of the State of California, County 28 of San Diego. See Albingia Versicherungs A.G. v. Schenker Int’l Inc., 344 F.3d 931, 1 937-39 (9th Cir.), opinion amended and superseded on denial of reh’g, 350 F.3d 916 (9th 2 2003) (court has discretion whether to remand a case to state court after all federal 3 ||/claims are dismissed). The Clerk of Court SHALL CLOSE the file. 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 ||Dated: July 13, 2020 . tt 6 pee Janis L. Sammartino 7 United States District Judge 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28