Nahmens

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CATHERINE NAHMENS, No. 2:22-cv-01039-TLN-JDP 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 THOMAS VILSACK, SECRETARY OF

AGRICULTURE AND MERIT

15 SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, 16 Defendants. 17 18 This matter is before the Court on Defendants Thomas Vilsack, Secretary of the United 19 States Department of Agriculture (“Vilsack”), and the Merit Systems Protection Board’s 20 (“MSPB”) (collectively, “Defendants”) Motion to Dismiss. (ECF No. 10.) Plaintiff Catherine 21 Nahmens (“Plaintiff”) filed an opposition. (ECF No. 13.) Defendants filed a reply. (ECF No. 22 14.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss. (ECF 23 No. 10.) 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// 1 I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 2 This case concerns alleged employment discrimination and retaliation based on gender, 3 disability, and veteran status. Plaintiff identifies as a disabled Caucasian woman in her forties 4 and a veteran of the United States Army. …