Silveria

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ANTHONY J. SILVERIA, et al., Case No. 18-cv-07327-EMC

8 Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

9 v. MOTION TO DISMISS SECOND

AMENDED COMPLAINT

10 ROBERT WILKIE, et al., 11 Defendants. Docket No.

12 13 14 I. INTRODUCTION 15 Plaintiff Anthony J. Silveria, proceeding pro se, initiated this case in the Eastern District of 16 California in February 2018. He asserted claims of employment discrimination (based on 17 disability) and whistleblower retaliation against the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veteran 18 Affairs. Subsequently, Mr. Silveria moved to amend his complaint—not only to name the new 19 Secretary, but also “to add the direct line managers who were involved in the discrimination.” 20 Docket No. 4. The Eastern District court granted the motion and thus Mr. Silveria filed his first 21 amended complaint (“FAC”) in May 2018. See Docket No. 7. The case was thereafter 22 transferred, in November 2018, to the Northern…