Jon Saltzman v. United States Department of the Interior, et al.

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 Jon Sal tzman, ) No. CV-25-00020-PHX-SPL ) 9 ) 10 Plaintiff, ) ORDER vs. ) ) 11 ) United States Department of the ) 12 Interior, et al., ) 13 ) ) 14 Defendants. ) 15 Before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Third Amended Complaint 16 (Doc. 26), Plaintiff’s Response (Doc. 27), and Defendants’ Reply (Doc. 28). Having 17 considered the parties’ briefing, the Court will grant the Motion.1 18 I. BACKGROUND 19 In 2005, Plaintiff Jon Saltzman became the holder of 103 unpatented placer mining 20 claims in…