Legal Opinion
Cline v. United States
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided April 7, 2014No. Case No. 3:13-cv-0776PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ALETA A. TRAUGER, District Judge.
Pending before the court is a Motion to Dismiss (Docket No. 12) filed by the defendant, the United States of America, to which the plaintiffs have filed a Response in opposition (Docket No. 16), and the United States has replied (Docket No. 19). For the reasons discussed herein, the motion to dismiss will be granted without prejudice.
BACKGROUND1
This case stems from the tragic victimization of a child by her stepfather. Plaintiff Kimberly Cline (“KC”) is the mother of plaintiff EC, a minor child born on April 18, 2001. In 2007, KC married…
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