Pardo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FRANCISCO PARDO, MD, and Case No.: 23-cv-649-W-DEB

RICARDO JOAQUIN,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

Plaintiffs, DISMISS [Doc. 4] v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL,

16 Defendant. 17 18 On April 10, 2023, Plaintiffs Francisco Pardo, MD and Ricardo Joaquin, represented by counsel, filed a Complaint, alleging that agents of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) humiliated and victimized them when CBP wrongfully seized Plaintiffs’ car, refused to return it, and later sold the car. (Complaint for a Civil Case [Doc. 1] (“Compl.”) at 3–4.) Before the Court is Defendant’s (the “Government’s”) 24 25 The Complaint names the Defendant as “United States of America” in the caption and as “United St[a]tes of America, Customs and Border Patrol” in paragraph B, regarding parties to the action. (Compl. at 1, 2.) The federal agency charged with border security and with seizure of cars at U.S. Ports of Entry in this case is the U.S. Customs and…