Dunkley v. Corrections Corporation of America et al

Filing 20

ORDER granting 10 Defendant United State's of America's Motion to Dismiss without Prejudice. Signed by Judge M. James Lorenz on 8/1/2013. (sjt)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 13 OWLANE DUNKLEY, 14 15 Plaintiff, 16 v. 17 CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, et al., 18 19 Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 13-cv-162-L(BLM) ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA’S MOTION TO DISMISS [Doc. # 10] 20 21 On June 17, 2013, the United States filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiff Olwane Dunkley’s 22 claims of negligence and medical malpractice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 12(b)(1) because the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction. [Doc. # 10.] The United States 24 argues it is immune from suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act’s Independent Contractor 25 Exception. On July 8, 2013, Plaintiff filed his response and consented to the dismissal of the 26 United States without prejudice. [Doc. # 15.] 27 // 28 // 13cv162 1 Based on the foregoing, Defendant United States of America’s Motion to Dismiss is 2 GRANTED without prejudice. The claims against the Corrections Corporation of America 3 remain pending. 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 DATED: August 1, 2013 6 7 M. James Lorenz United States District Court Judge 8 COPY TO: 9 HON. BARBARA LYNN MAJOR UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 10 11 ALL PARTIES/COUNSEL 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 13cv162

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