WILLIAMS v. PURDUE

Filing 9

ORDER granting the Defendants' 4 Motion to Dismiss Individual Defendants. See attached Order for details. Signed by Judge Trevor N. McFadden on 9/5/2018. (lctnm3)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

MELVIN K. WILLIAMS,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 1:18-cv-01157 (TNM)

SONNY PERDUE, in his official capacity
as Secretary, United States Department of
Agriculture, et al.,
Defendants.

ORDER
On May 24, 2018, the Defendants moved to dismiss all claims against Annette R.
James, Kirk Spencer, David Najafi, and Beverly C. Howard (the “individually named
Defendants”). Under Local Civil Rule 7(b), a plaintiff appearing before this Court has 14
days to oppose such motions unless the Court directs otherwise. Here, because the
Plaintiff is proceeding pro se, the Court gave him additional time and directed him to
respond by July 16, 2018. See ECF No.7, 1. The Court warned that a failure to respond
by that date “may result in the district court granting the motion and dismissing the case.”
Id. (citing Fox v. Strickland, 837 F. 2d 507, 509 (D.C. Cir. 1988)). Because Plaintiff has
not responded to the Defendants’ motion, it is GRANTED as conceded under Local Civil
Rule 7(b).
Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED that the Plaintiff’s claims against the individually named Defendants are
DISMISSED; and it is further

ORDERED that the Defendants shall answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s
claims against Secretary Perdue, in his official capacity as Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, which remain unaffected by this Order.
SO ORDERED.

2018.09.05
17:38:33 -04'00'
Dated: September 5, 2018

TREVOR N. MCFADDEN
United States District Judge

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