From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Holt v. Shinseki

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Oct 18, 2013
2:13cv22 (W.D. Pa. Oct. 18, 2013)

Opinion

2:13cv22

10-18-2013

WILLIAM L. HOLT, Plaintiff, v. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, Defendant.


Electronic Filing


MEMORANDUM ORDER

AND NOW, this 18th day of October, 2013, after the plaintiff, William L. Hotlt, filed an Amended Complaint in the above-captioned case, and after a partial motion to dismiss was submitted by the defendant, Erik K. Shinseki, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and after an Amended Report and Recommendation was filed by the United States Magistrate Judge granting the parties a period of time after being served with a copy to file written objections thereto, and no objections having been filed, and upon independent review of the motion and the record, and upon consideration of the Magistrate Judge's Amended Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 16), which is adopted as the opinion of this Court,

IT IS ORDERED that defendant's partial motion to dismiss (ECF No. 11) is granted and Count II of the Amended Complaint is dismissed.

_____________________

David Stewart Cercone

United States District Judge
cc: Honorable Robert C. Mitchell

Joseph J. Chester, Esquire

Paul D. Kovac, Esquire

(Via CM/ECF Electronic Mail)


Summaries of

Holt v. Shinseki

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Oct 18, 2013
2:13cv22 (W.D. Pa. Oct. 18, 2013)
Case details for

Holt v. Shinseki

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAM L. HOLT, Plaintiff, v. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary, Department of…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Date published: Oct 18, 2013

Citations

2:13cv22 (W.D. Pa. Oct. 18, 2013)

Citing Cases

Scarlett v. Nat'l Sci. Found.

For this reason, courts have repeatedly held that the United States has not waived sovereign immunity for…