Kennicott et al v. Sandia Corporation

Filing 106

ORDER by District Judge James O. Browning granting Defendant's Motion to Dismiss State Law Claims 14 (hj)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
LISA A. KENNICOTT; LISA A. GARCIA
and SUE C. PHELPS, on behalf of
themselves and a class of those similarly
situated,
Plaintiffs,
vs.

No. CIV 17-0188 JB\GJF

SANDIA CORPORATION,
Defendant.
ORDER1
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss State
Law Claims, filed March 17, 2017 (Doc. 14)(“Motion”). The Court held a hearing on June 12,
2017. For the reasons that the Court stated on the record at the hearing, the Court grants the
Motion. The Court concludes that the federal enclave doctrine bars the state law claims that
Plaintiffs Lisa A. Kennicott, Lisa A. Garcia, and Sue C. Phelps assert in the Class Action
Complaint, filed February 7, 2017 (Doc. 1).
IT IS ORDERED that (i) the Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss State Law Claims, filed
March 17, 2017 (Doc. 14), is granted; and (ii) the state law claims that Plaintiffs Lisa A.
Kennicott, Lisa A. Garcia, and Sue C. Phelps assert in the Class Action Complaint, filed
February 7, 2017 (Doc. 1), are dismissed with prejudice.

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The Order disposes of the Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss State Law Claims, filed
March 17, 2017 (Doc. 14). The Court will, however, issue a Memorandum Opinion at a later
date more fully detailing its rationale for this decision.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Counsel:
Michael Ian Levin-Gesundheit
Shira J. Tevah
Anne Brackett Shaver
Kelly Maureen Dermody
Lin Yee Chan
Tiseme Gabriella Zegeye
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
San Francisco, California
--and-Adam T. Klein
Cheryl-Lyn Bentley
Elizabeth Stork
Outten & Golden LLP
New York, New York
Attorneys for the Plaintiffs
Grace E. Speights
Krissy A. Katzenstein
Michael S. Burkhardt
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Washington, D.C.
--and-Scott D. Gordon
Jeffrey L. Lowry
Paola Viviana Jaime
Stephanie Latimer
Theresa W. Parrish
Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Attorneys for the Defendant

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