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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1981 Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Pasquale Labate, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

George W Bush, et al., 

Defendants.

No. CV-13-02366-PHX-DGC

ORDER 

 Defendant Janice Brewer has filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1), 

or, in the alternative, Rule 12(b)(6). Doc. 16. Plaintiff has filed a motion to quash 

Defendant Brewer’s motion to dismiss. Doc. 38. 

 Defendant Planned Parenthood of Arizona, Inc. (“Planned Parenthood”) and 

Defendant Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (“PPFA”) have filed a motion 

to dismiss pursuant to Rule 8(a), or, in the alternative, Rule 12(b)(1) or 12(b)(6). 

Doc. 14. Plaintiff has moved to quash the motion to dismiss filed by Planned Parenthood 

and PPFA. Docs. 36, 37, 44, 45. Plaintiff also moves for sanctions against Planned 

Parenthood’s attorneys, Lawrence J. Rosenfield and Laura Lawless. Id. 

 Defendant City of Tucson has filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6). 

Doc. 15. Plaintiff has moved to strike the City of Tucson’s motion to dismiss and has 

also moved for sanctions against the City’s attorneys. Doc. 35. 

 Defendant City of Bisbee has filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1), 

or, in the alternative, Rule 12(b)(6). Doc. 42. Plaintiff has moved to strike the City of 

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Bisbee’s motion to dismiss. Doc. 43. Plaintiff has also moved for sanctions against the 

City’s lawyer, John MacKinnon, and for an award of costs incurred by Plaintiff to bring 

this action against the City. Id. 

 Defendants Thomas J. Olmsted and John Ehrich have filed a motion to dismiss 

pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1), or, in the alternative, Rule 12(b)(6). Doc. 13. 

 Defendants George W. Bush, former President of the United States of America, 

and Barack Obama, President of the United States of America (“Federal Defendants”) 

have file a motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1). Doc. 47. 

 Plaintiff also moves to change the judge presiding over this action pursuant to 

Rule 42(f) of the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure. Doc. 39. 

I. Background. 

 Plaintiff’s complaint is based on his objections to same-sex marriage, abortion, 

and capital punishment. See Doc. 1. Plaintiff’s complaint is nearly a word-for-word 

copy of another complaint that he filed on February 29, 2012 in this Court in case No. 

CV12-0421-PHX-DGC. Plaintiff has pled no new facts or legal theories. He has made 

no substantive alterations to the February 2012 pleadings in this new filing. He has 

named five additional Defendants – Governor Janice Brewer, Pope Francis, the City of 

Tuscon, the City of Bisbee, and Frank Pavone – and he has excluded Thomas Horne from 

the list of Defendants. On May 18, 2012, the Court granted all motions to dismiss the 

2012 complaint. See Labate v. Bush, CV12-0421-PHX-DGC, 2012 WL 1831531 (D. 

Ariz. May 18, 2012). 

II. Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss. 

Defendants move to dismiss Plaintiff’s complaint on the same grounds as the 

Court relied upon in dismissing Plaintiff’s February 2012 complaint. The Court will 

grant Defendants’ motions to dismiss and deny Plaintiff’s various motions to quash for 

sanctions for reasons set forth in its May 2012 order. Id. 

III. Plaintiff’s Motion for a New Judge. 

Plaintiff has filed a motion to change the judge presiding over this action pursuant 

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to Rule 42(f) of the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure. Doc. 39. The Arizona Rules of 

Civil Procedure do not apply in this Court, and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure have 

no counterpart to Rule 42(f). Plaintiff’s motion will be denied. 

IV. Leave to Amend. 

The Court will also adopt the reasoning of its May 2012 order and deny Plaintiff 

leave to amend his complaint. As before, Plaintiff’s complaint presents one of the rare 

cases where it is clear that deficiencies of the complaint cannot be cured by amendment. 

 IT IS ORDERED: 

1. Defendants’ motions to dismiss (Docs. 13, 14, 15, 16, 42, 47) are granted. 

 2. Plaintiff’s motions for sanctions and to strike (Docs. 35, 37, 43) are denied. 

 3. Plaintiff’s motion to quash Defendant Janice K. Brewer’s motion to dismiss 

(Doc. 38) is denied. 

 4. Plaintiff’s motion to change judge (Doc. 39) is denied. 

 5. The Rule 16 Case Management Conference set for February 14, 2014 at 

4:30 p.m. is vacated. 

 6. The Clerk is directed to terminate this action. 

 Dated this 14th day of January, 2014. 

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