Vasquez v. Washington Department of Veterans Affairs

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 GEORGE VASQUEZ, Case No. 3:23-cv-06178-TMC 8 Plaintiff, ORDER ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS 9 v. 10 WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF 11 VETERANS AFFAIRS, 12 Defendant. 13 14 I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 15 Pro se plaintiff George Vasquez―a veteran living with post-traumatic stress disorder 16 (PTSD)1―worked as an “IT service desk worker” with the Washington State Department of 17 Veterans Affairs (DVA) from May 16, 2022 until DVA terminated his employment on 18 November 14, 2022. Dkt. 7-1 at 2, 4. Mr. Vasquez alleges his…