ORDER

Appellees’ Request for Modification of Opinion filed on June 18, 2003, is GRANTED.

The Opinion filed on June 10, 2003, is amended as follows:

At page 7885, first full paragraph, fine 9, delete the following sentence:' “Of course, upon remand the district court may decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining state law defamation claim. See Big Bear Lodging Ass’n v. Snow Summit, Inc., 182 F.3d 1096, 1106 n. 9 (9th Cir. 1999).”