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Patterson v. McDonald

District Court, M.D. North Carolina

Decided December 8, 2016No. 1:15CV888PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM ORDER

THOMAS D. SCHROEDER, District Judge.

Before the court is the motion of Defendant Robert A. McDonald, Secretary of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). (Doc. 5.) For the reasons set forth below, the motion will be granted, but the complaint will be dismissed without prejudice because the court cannot ascertain whether the pleading deficiencies are curable.

According to the complaint, which is viewed in the light most favorable to Plaintiff Tewauna Patterson:…

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