Michael Sokmen v. United States of America

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United States District Court Central District of California

11 MICHAEL SOKMEN et al., Case № 2:22-cv-01529-ODW (ASx)

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

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DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S

14 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT [28] Defendant.

16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Estate of Ender Ali Sokmen (“Plaintiff Estate”), Michael Sokmen, and 19 Leyla Kalender Sokmen initiated this wrongful death lawsuit against Defendant 20 United States of America. (Compl., ECF No. 1.) Defendant now moves for partial 21 summary judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 56, seeking 22 summary judgment in its favor on certain of Plaintiffs’ damages claims. (Mot. Partial 23 Summ. J. (“Motion” or “Mot.”), ECF No. 28.) The Court carefully considered the 24 papers filed in connection with the Motion and deemed the matter appropriate for 25 decision without oral argument. Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; C.D. Cal. L.R. 7-15. For the 26 following reasons, the Court GRANTS …