Garcia v. United States

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Susana Villanueva Garcia, et al., No. CV-20-00220-PHX-MTL 10 Plaintiffs, ORDER 11 v. 12 United States of America, 13 Defendant. 14 15 Before the Court is Defendant United States of America’s (“United States”) 16 Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction (the “Motion”) (Doc. 20). This 17 Motion was discussed at oral argument. The Court resolves the Motion as follows. 18 I. BACKGROUND 19 This case involves tragic facts. In June 2017, the Highline Fire burned over 7,000 20 acres of land near…