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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MARK MUNNS, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

HILLARY DIANE RODHAM CLINTON, 

in her official capacity as United States 

Secretary of State, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:10-cv-00681-MCE-EFB 

ORDER 

On March 27, 2012, this Court granted without leave to amend the Government 

Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss. ECF No. 53. Plaintiffs thereafter voluntarily dismissed 

their claims against all remaining Defendants and perfected an appeal. ECF Nos. 54, 

66, 69. In March of this year, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision 

affirming this Court’s “dismissal of the plaintiffs’ equitable claims due to lack of standing 

and their federal benefits claims due to lack of jurisdiction.” Munns v. Kerry, 782 F.3d 

402, 415 (2015). The appellate court vacated and remanded, however, as to the 

“dismissal of the due process and takings claims for withheld backpay and insurance 

proceeds” and directed this Court “to sever [those] claims from the remainder of the 

case, and to transfer them to the Court of Federal Claims.” Id.1 

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 The formal mandate has since been issued. ECF No. 75. 

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Accordingly, in keeping with the appellate court’s directive, Plaintiffs’ due process 

and takings claims are hereby SEVERED from the remainder of this case. The Clerk of 

the Court is directed to TRANSFER those claims to the United States Court of Federal 

Claims and to close this case. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 9, 2015 

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