JURGEN ROGERS v. UNITED STATES POSTAL OFFICE, et al.

I. BACKGROUND

18 Plaintiff Jurgen Rogers initially filed this case in September 2024 against Defendants 19 United States Postal Service (“USPS”) and Louis DeJoy, former Postmaster General of the United 20 States, asserting various claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). See generally Dkt. 21 No. 1-1. The Court dismissed the case in July 2025 because of Plaintiff’s failure to sufficiently 22 allege administrative exhaustion. See Dkt. No. 27 at 6. Plaintiff filed an amended complaint, Dkt. 23 No. 30 (“FAC”), and Defendants filed another motion to dismiss, Dkt. No. 35.2 24 25 1 Due to the government shutdown, Defendants have not yet filed a reply. However, the Court does not need additional briefing from the Defendants to grant their motion. 26 2 As instructed, see Dkt. No. 27 at 1 n.1, Plaintiff has included the United States as a named 27 Defendant in his amended complaint. However, he has still included Louis DeJoy and USPS as Plaintiff alleges that over an unspecified period of time, his mailman “deliberately and systematically” refused to properly deliver his mail and harassed him using “defamatory and derogatory language.” FAC ¶ 11. Plaintiff…