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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 05:551 Administrative Procedure Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTHONY T. RIVERA,

Plaintiff,

v.

LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL 

SECURITY, LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-00304-PJH 

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

STRIKE; DENYING AS MOOT MOTION 

TO DISMISS

Dkt. No. 54

Before the court is Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC’s (“LLNS”) motion 

to dismiss or strike portions of plaintiff Anthony Rivera’s amended complaint. Dkt. 54. 

The matter is fully briefed and suitable for decision without oral argument. Accordingly, 

the hearing set for September 28, 2016 is hereby VACATED. Having read the parties’ 

papers and carefully considered their arguments and the relevant legal authority, and 

good cause appearing, the court hereby GRANTS the motion to strike in part, and 

DENIES the motion to dismiss as moot.

On June 2, 2016, the court dismissed with prejudice Rivera’s first claim for

wrongful discharge as time-barred, and dismissed LLNS as a defendant in this case. 

Dkt. 38. Under this order, Rivera was not permitted to re-plead his wrongful discharge 

claim or to again name LLNS as a defendant in his amended complaint.1 Dkt. 38. The 

court must therefore DENY the motion to dismiss, as moot. The claim against LLNS is

already dismissed, and LLNS is terminated as a defendant, per the court’s prior order. 

 

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The law has been clear for years now that re-pleading dismissed claims is not 

necessary to preserve appeal rights. Lacey v. Maricopa Cnty., 693 F.3d 896, 928 (9th 

Cir. 2012).

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In light of the above, the motion to strike must be GRANTED, in relevant part. The 

court hereby STRIKES the following portions of the amended complaint (Dkt. 51):

(1) From the case caption, the words “Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC” 

(i.e., the naming of LLNS as a defendant);

(2) From paragraph 1, the words “against Lawrence Livermore National Security 

LLC, for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy”; 

(3) From paragraph 5, the word “defendant”;

(4) The entirety of paragraphs 42–52 (the first cause of action).

Because the factual allegations in paragraphs 11 through 36 potentially relate to Rivera’s 

non-dismissed claims, the court will DENY the motion to strike these paragraphs from the 

amended complaint.

The clerk shall terminate LLNS as a defendant in this matter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 19, 2016

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PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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