What is the test for a federal judge to decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over a state law claim?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Ervin v. Cnty. of San Diego, Case No.: 14cv1142-WQH-BGS (S.D. Cal. 2019):

"[I]n any civil action of which the district courts have original jurisdiction, the district courts shall have supplemental jurisdiction over all other claims that are so related to claims in the action within such original jurisdiction that they form part of the same case or controversy under Article III of the United States Constitution." 28 U.S.C. 1367(a). "A state law claim is part of the same case or controversy when it shares a 'common nucleus of operative fact' with the federal claims . . . ." Bahrampour v. Lampert, 356 F.3d 969, 978 (9th Cir. 2004). A district court may decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over a state law claim if:

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