David James Carlson v. County of Ramsey

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 16-2793 ___________________________ David James Carlson lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant v. County of Ramsey; County of Anoka; Independent School District No. 624, White Bear Lake, Minnesota lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis ____________ Submitted: January 13, 2017 Filed: January 19, 2017 [Unpublished] ____________ Before LOKEN, BOWMAN, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. David Carlson appeals from an order of the District Court1 dismissing his pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint. We have reviewed the record and considered the issues that are properly before us, and we conclude that Carlson’s federal claims were properly dismissed and that the District Court acted within its discretion in declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the state-law claims. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment, see 8th Cir. R. 47B, and we deny the pending motions to expedite review and to supplement the record. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable Susan Richard Nelson, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota. -2-