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Charles F. Kerchner, Jr., :
Lowell T. Patterson, :
Darrell James LeNormand, and :
Donald H. Nelsen, Jr., :
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Plaintiffs, : HONORABLE JEROME B. SIMANDLE
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v. :
:
Barack Hussein Obama II, :
President Elect of the :
United States of America, : CIVIL ACTION NO.: 09-253
President of the United States :
of America, and Individually, :
a/k/a Barry Soetoro, :
United States of America, et al., :
:
Defendants. :
___________________________________:
INTRODUCTION
Second Amended Verified Complaint nunc pro tunc. Dkt. Entry 36.
ARGUMENT
injuries are shared in common with the public (“the whole”), the
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be widely-shared with others, that does not mean that they lack
the general public shares their injuries does not mean that they do
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Plaintiffs also assert that Plaintiff Kerchner should be
able to assert the rights of other members of the military. Pl.s’
Br. at 16. However, prudential standing requirements dictate that
a party cannot assert the legal rights of third parties. See
Valley Forge Christian Coll. v. American United for Separation of
Church & State, Inc., 454 U.S. 464, 474 (1982).
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U.S. 633, 633 (1937) (per curiam). The Court rejected plaintiff’s
petition stating,
418 U.S. 166, 168-69 (1974). The Court held that the taxpayer
claim that the Act violated the Accounts Clause was similar to the
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. . . .
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Id. at 221-22.
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This argument has been offered before in a different
procedural context. See, e.g., Hollister v. Soetoro, --- F.R.D. --
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for his belief that he may be recalled to active duty, or that such
That is not the type of concrete harm that Article III standing
standing.
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8(a)(2) because “it is much more than just [a] complaint.” Pl.s’
they are required to plead those facts with specificity. Pl.s’ Br.
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sentence that they are now cross-moving for leave of court to file
their second amended verified complaint nunc pro tunc. Id. Two
not set forth the legal standard to amend a complaint, see, e.g.,
In re Burlington Coat Factory Sec. Litig., 114 F.3d 1410, 1434 (3d
Cir. 1997), nor does it provide any factual basis supporting why
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CONCLUSION
Motion to Amend.
Respectfully submitted,
s/Elizabeth A. Pascal
By: ELIZABETH A. PASCAL
Assistant U.S. Attorney
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Charles F. Kerchner, et al., :
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Plaintiffs, : HONORABLE JEROME B. SIMANDLE
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v. :
:
Barack Hussein Obama II, :
President Elect of the :
United States of America, : CIVIL ACTION NO.: 09-253
President of the United States :
of America, and Individually, :
a/k/a Barry Soetoro, :
United States of America, et al., :
: CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Defendants. :
___________________________________:
Leave to File Their Second Amended Verified Complaint Nunc Pro Tunc
the United States District Court and that copies of these documents
the following:
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s/Elizabeth A. Pascal
By: ELIZABETH A. PASCAL
Assistant U.S. Attorney