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· 11/23/1994

V. Elizabeth Gini v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

Citations

  • 40 F.3d 1041
  • 94 Daily Journal DAR 16507
  • 94 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8870
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 33061
  • 1994 WL 657320

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  • holding that defamation alone can never serve as basis for First Amendment retaliation claim under § 1983
  • finding that police officers do not have an affirmative duty to investigate crimes in a particular manner or to protect one citizen from another
  • explaining that when “federal-law 11 claims are eliminated before trial, the balance of factors ... will point toward declining to exercise 12 jurisdiction over the remaining state law claims”
  • stating that dismissal after declining supplemental jurisdiction should be without prejudice
  • stating that dismissal after declining supplemental jurisdiction should be without prejudice
  • finding 17 no abuse of discretion when declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction for a case that 18 was not “in any way unusual”

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Judges: Schroeder, Ferguson, Rymer

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