Andrade
Andrade v. United States of America
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 MASHOUNA ANDRADE, an individual; Case No. 19-cv-00930-BAS-WVG D.A., a minor, by and through her guardian ad litem, Raynisha Hensel, ORDER GRANTING THE GOVERNMENT’S MOTION FOR Plaintiffs, JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS AND DISMISSING ACTION v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE 14 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, [ECF No. 18] 15 Defendant. 16 Before the Court is the Government’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings and Dismissal for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction (“Motion”). (ECF No. 18.) For the reasons explained below, the Court GRANTS the Motion. I. BACKGROUND A. Factual Background Plaintiff Mashouna Andrade, a patient of San Ysidro Health, received a filling at the clinic’s Chula Vista office on September 16, 2016. (First Am. Compl. (“FAC”) ¶ 5, ECF No. 4.) San Ysidro Health is a federally funded health clinic in San Diego County. (FAC ¶ 5.) The filling fell out that evening, prompting Ms. Andrade…