UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT No. 18-5346 (C.A. 17-1240) JUILIAN MARCUS RAVEN,
Appellant,
v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.,
Appellees.
APPELLEES’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY AFFIRMANCE Appellees, the United States of America, Kim Sajet, Director of the Portrait Gallery in the Smithsonian Institution, and Richard Kurin, Acting Provost of the Smithsonian Institution, through undersigned counsel, respectfully move for summary affirmance of the September 19, 2018 Opinion and Order by the Honorable Trevor N. McFadden, granting Appellees’ Motion to Dismiss and denying Appellant’s Motion for Leave to Amend his Complaint.1 Summary disposition is appropriate because the merits of appellees’ claims “are so clear that expedited action is justified” and “no benefit will be gained from further briefing and argument of the issues presented.” Taxpayers Watchdog, Inc. v. Stanley, 819 F.2d 294, 297-98 (D.C. Cir. 1987); Walker v. Washington, 627 F.2d 541, 545 (D.C. Cir.) (per curiam), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 994 (1980).
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Copies of the September 19, 2018 Opinion and Order are attached.