Sullivan III v. United States

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JOSEPH B. FRUEH

Assistant United States Attorney 501 I Street, Suite 10-100 Sacramento, CA 95814 E-mail: joseph.frueh@usdoj.gov Telephone: (916) 554-2702 Facsimile: (916) 554-2900

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES J. SULLIVAN III, et al., Case No. 2:18-cv-03066-MCE-EFB

Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA’S MOTION TO

v. DISMISS (ECF 30)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.,

Defendants.

In their First Amended Complaint (“FAC,” ECF 23), Plaintiffs seek a judicial decree regarding their interests in property vis-à-vis Defendants United States of America and Union Pacific Railroad Company. Specifically, Plaintiffs assert interests in portions of the right-of-way the United States granted to Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroad in 1862 to construct the First Transcontinental Railroad. Plaintiffs contend that Central Pacific’s successors-in-interest (including Union Pacific) disposed of, abandoned, or otherwise lack ownership of the outer 300 feet of the right-of-way vis-à-vis Plaintiffs’…