Waddell

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WAYNE D. WADDELL, Case No.: 1:19-cv-0789 JLT SKO Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DIMISS

WITH LEAVE TO AMEND

v. (Doc. 50) CONRAD V. MEYER, Acting Director, Army Board for Correction of Military Records,

Defendant. 17 I. INTRODUCTION Wayne Waddell initiated this action for judicial review of decisions made by the Department of the Army’s Board for Correction and Military Regards (“ABCMR”), which denied his request for an Air Medal and refused his requests for reconsideration. (See Doc. 2 at 5; Doc. 23 at 4; Doc. 42-1.) Before the Court for decision is Defendant’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s first amended complaint. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is GRANTED, but Plaintiff will be afforded leave to amend his complaint. II. PROCEDURAL HISTORY The initial Complaint (Doc. 1) was served upon Defendant (Docs. 18, 19) in October 2019. Thereafter, Defendant moved to dismiss the…