Zeiny

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 AL ZEINY, Case No. 19-cv-05806-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

DISMISS UNDER RULE 12(B)(6)

v. Re: Dkt. No. 11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., Defendants.

12 Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiff Al Zeiny’s complaint against the United States of America and the Central Intelligence Agency (“CIA”). See Dkt. No. 11. The Court finds this matter appropriate for disposition without oral argument and the matter is deemed submitted. See Civil L.R. 7-1(b). For the reasons discussed below, the Court DENIES Defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1), but GRANTS the motion to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff alleges that in July 2010 he complained to Congressman Michael Honda about “misconduct of corrupt CIA agents and operatives,” and afterward “he became a target of a stream of nefarious…