Maddern v. Austin

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RONALD MADDERN, Case No. 21-cv-1298-MMA (BLM) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER AFFIRMING IN PART 13 v. TENTATIVE RULINGS RE: DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR 14 LLOYD AUSTIN, SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND 15 Defendant. PLAINTIFF’S CROSS MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 16 17 [Doc. Nos. 32, 33] 18 19 20 Plaintiff Ronald Maddern (“Plaintiff”) brings this action against Defendant Lloyd 21 Austin, in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Defense 22 (“Defendant”) pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”),

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