Saunders et al v. United States of America

Filing 16

ORDER DISMISSING CLAIMS OF PLAINTIFFS OTHER THAN JON SAUNDERS FORIMPROPER VENUE re 8 : the claims of William Wilson, Shannon Smith, Arnold Smith, Samuel Zuniga, William Taylor, Richard Tinney, Lenora Blackwell, Richard Mitchell, Christopher Mattingl y, William Damrow and Stephen Harris are dismissed without prejudice and this Court will review the administrative record submitted for Jon Saunders to determine his claim under 38 U.S.C. § 1975, by Judge Richard P. Matsch on 7/17/2014. (jsmit)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Senior District Judge Richard P. Matsch
Civil Action No. 14-cv-00159-RPM
JON SAUNDERS,
WILLIAM WILSON,
SHANNON SMITH,
ARNOLD SMITH,
SAMUEL ZUNIGA,
WILLIAM TAYLOR,
RICHARD TINNEY,
LENORA BLACKWELL,
RICHARD MITCHELL,
CHRISTOPHER MATTINGLY,
WILLIAM DAMROW, and
STEPHEN HARRIS,
Plaintiffs,
v.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant.
_____________________________________________________________________
ORDER DISMISSING CLAIMS OF PLAINTIFFS OTHER THAN JON SAUNDERS FOR
IMPROPER VENUE
_____________________________________________________________________
Upon review of the complaint, filed January 22, 2014, [Doc. 2] and the
defendant’s motion to sever and dismiss the claims of all plaintiffs other than Jon
Saunders filed April 30, 2014, [Doc.8], the claims of the plaintiffs are separate and
independent claims which have been improperly joined and only the plaintiff Jon
Saunders has shown proper venue for this action under 28 U.S.C. 1391(a)(1) and it is
therefore
ORDERED that the claims of William Wilson, Shannon Smith, Arnold Smith,
Samuel Zuniga, William Taylor, Richard Tinney, Lenora Blackwell, Richard Mitchell,

Christopher Mattingly, William Damrow and Stephen Harris are dismissed without
prejudice and it is
FURTHER ORDERED that this Court will review the administrative record
submitted for Jon Saunders to determine his claim under 38 U.S.C. § 1975.
DATED: July 17th, 2014
BY THE COURT:
s/Richard P. Matsch
__________________________
Richard P. Matsch, Senior Judge

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