Chin-Young v. United States of America et al

Filing 51

MEMORANDUM OPINION in re 36 Motion to Dismiss. Signed by District Judge Claude M. Hilton on 07/11/2017. (c/s to Plaintiff)(jlan)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Alexandria Division

CHRISTOPHER CHIN-YOUNG

Plaintiff,

Civil Action No. l:16-cv-1454

V.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
et al.,
Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Defendants'

Motion to Dismiss the Amended Complaint pursuant to Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6).

Upon

consideration of the memoranda filed in support of and in

opposition to the motions, the Court concludes that Plaintiff's
claims are barred by res judicata, and as a result, this case
must be dismissed.

Plaintiff Christopher Chin-Young ("Plaintiff") was hired as

a Supervisory Program Analyst by the Army Contracting Command in
January 2010.

For various disciplinary-related matters, the

Army removed Plaintiff from that position in January 2011.
Plaintiff appealed his removal to the Merit Systems Protection