[NOT FOR PUBLICATION NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT] United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit

No. 99-1576

AIDA I. SANTIAGO,

Plaintiff, Appellee,

v.

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES, INC.,

Defendant, Appellant.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

[Hon. Raymond L. Acosta, U.S. District Judge]

Before

Torruella, Chief Judge, Boudin and Lipez, Circuit Judges.

Carlos A. Rodriguez-Vidal and Goldman, Antonetti & Cordova on brief for appellant.

December 29, 1999

Per Curiam. We carefully have reviewed the record and submissions, and we affirm. The claims under Puerto Rico law did not closely parallel the federal claims, so we cannot say the district court abused its discretion in dismissing those claims without prejudice under 28 U.S.C. 1367(c)(3) and allowing a court more accustomed to those claims to address them; see Penobscot Indian Nation v. Key Bank,

, 564 (1st Cir. 1996) (district court must take into account concerns of comity and judicial economy in exercising its discretion under 28 U.S.C. 1367(c)(3)). Affirmed. 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27(c).