Hager v. United States

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Sarah Hager, et al., No. CV-20-02275-PHX-DWL 10 Plaintiffs, ORDER 11 v. 12 United States of America, 13 Defendant. 14 15 In June 2019, Edward Michael Hager (“Hager”) committed suicide one day after 16 seeking mental health counseling at a clinic operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs 17 (“VA”). In this action, Hager’s spouse, Sarah Hager, who is acting on behalf of both herself 18 and the statutory beneficiaries of Hager (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), has sued the United 19 States (“Defendant”) under…