Silveria

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANTHONY J. SILVERIA, et al., Case No. 18-cv-07327-EMC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

v. MOTION TO DISMISS SECOND

AMENDED COMPLAINT

ROBERT WILKIE, et al., Defendants. Docket No.

12 13 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Anthony J. Silveria, proceeding pro se, initiated this case in the Eastern District of California in February 2018. He asserted claims of employment discrimination (based on disability) and whistleblower retaliation against the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. Subsequently, Mr. Silveria moved to amend his complaint—not only to name the new Secretary, but also “to add the direct line managers who were involved in the discrimination.” Docket No. 4. The Eastern District court granted the motion and thus Mr. Silveria filed his first amended complaint (“FAC”) in May 2018. See Docket No. 7. The case was thereafter transferred, in November 2018, to the Northern…