Marida Silas v. Sheriff of Broward County, Florida, No. 21-14200 (11th Cir. 2022)
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Plaintiff brought federal and state claims on behalf of her late husband against the Sheriff of Broward County, Florida after her husband’s 2011 arrest. The Sheriff removed the case to federal district court based on the presence of the federal claims. But the district court later dismissed the federal claims. On appeal, the issue was whether the district court abused its discretion when it declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Plaintiff’s state-law claims after it dismissed her federal claims.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed. The court explained that it has encouraged district courts to remand pendent state-law claims to state courts after the federal claims are dismissed. The court wrote that the district court followed the Eleventh Circuit’s guidance and acted within its broad discretion when it remanded this case to state court.
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