Clifford Merlo v. Robert L. Wilkie

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2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 CLIFFORD MERLO, Case No. 2:19-cv-05078-ODW (JCx) 12 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART

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DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO

14 ROBERT L. WILKIE, DISMISS AND DENYING MOTION 15 Defendant. TO STRIKE [10] 16 17 18 I. INTRODUCTION 19 Defendant Robert L. Wilkie, Secretary of Veteran Affairs of the United States 20 Department of Veteran Affairs (“VA” or “Defendant”), moves to dismiss the complaint 21 of Plaintiff Dr. Clifford Merlo (“Dr. Merlo”) alleging age discrimination over the 22 course of his employment (“Motion”). (Mot. to Dismiss and Strike (“Mot.”), ECF 23 No. 10.) For the reasons that follow, the Court GRANTS in part Defendant’s 24 Motion to Dismiss and DENIES Defendant’s Motion to Strike.1 25 26 27

28 1 After carefully considering the papers filed in connection with the Motion, the Court deemed the matter appropriate for decision without oral argument. Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; C.D. Cal. L.R. 7-15. 1 II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 2 Dr. Merlo is a…