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In the Umted States Cou ot F ederal Clalms
No. 18-3 13C
FiledJune 5,2018 Fl|-ED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
JUN - 5 2018
) u.s. canT OF
KERRITH DUVALL, et al., ) FEDERAL c|_A|MS
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Plaintiffs, ) Pro se; RCFC lZ(b)(l); Subject-Matter
) Jurisdiction; Money-Mandating Source Of
v. ) Law‘, In Forma Pauperfs; Hal)eas Corpus;
) Section 1983.
THE UNITED STATES, )
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Defendant. )
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Kerr'ith Duvall, Rol)ert Cotner, and Dermis Martin, Lexington, OK, plaintiffs pro se.
Albert S. larossi, Trial Attorney, Lisa L. Donahue, Assistant Director, Robert E.
Kirschman, JF., Director, ChadA. Readler', Aeting Assistant Attorney General, Commercial
Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for
defendant
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
GRIGGSBY, Judge
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiffs pro se, Ken‘ith Duvall, Robert Cotner, and Dennis Martin, brought this action
seeking to enforce a judgment allegedly entered in their favor by this Court in a prior case and to
reeover, among other things, monetary damages from the government See generally Compl.;
Arn. Compl. The government has moved to dismiss this matter for lack of subject-matter
jurisdiction, pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1) of the Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims
(“RCFC”). See generally Def. Mot. Mr. Duvall and Mr. Cotner have also moved to proceed in
this matter informer pauperis. See generally Pl. Mot. to Proceed fn Forma Pauperis, Feb. 27,
2018, at Entry No. 4; Pl. Mot. to Proceed fn Forma Pauperis, Mar. 13, 2018, at Entry No. 6.
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For the reasons discussed below, the Court: (1) GRANTS the government’s motion to
dismiss; (2) GRANTS plaintiffs’ motions to proceed in forma pauperis; and (3) DISMISSES
the amended complaint
II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL ]?»ACKGROUND1
A. F actual Background
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