Motion to Dismiss — AAPS v. FDA

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN 
SOUTHERN DIVISION 
 
 
Association of American Physicians & Surgeons, 
 
 
 
 
 
Plaintiff, 
 
v. 
 
Food & Drug Administration, et al., 
 
 
 
 
 
Defendants. 
 
 
 
 
 
Case No. 1:20-cv-493-RJJ-SJB 
Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction and Failure 
to State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can Be Granted 
Defendants hereby move this Court to dismiss the complaint under Federal Rules 
of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and for 
failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. The grounds for this motion 
are fully set forth in Defendants’ contemporaneously filed brief. 
 
July 10, 2020 
Respectfully submitted, 
 
OF COUNSEL: 
 
ROBERT P. CHARROW 
 General Counsel 
 
STACY CLINE AMIN 
 Deputy General Counsel 
 U.S. Department of Health  
  and Human Services 
  
 Chief Counsel 
 Food and Drug Administration 
 
ETHAN P. DAVIS 
 Acting Assistant Attorney General 
 
MICHAEL D. GRANSTON 
 Deputy Assistant Attorney General 
 Civil Division 
 
GUSTAV W. EYLER 
 Director 
 
ANDREW E. CLARK 
 Assistant Director 
 
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ANNAMARIE KEMPIC 
 Deputy Chief Counsel, Litigation 
 
SAMANTHA HONG 
SUSAN WILLIAMS 
 Associate Chief Counsel 
 Office of the General Counsel 
 Food and Drug Division 
 10903 New Hampshire Avenue 
 Silver Spring, MD  20993 
s/ James W. Harlow 
JAMES W. HARLOW 
 Trial Attorney 
 Consumer Protection Branch 
 U.S. Department of Justice 
 P.O. Box 386 
 Washington, DC  20044-0386 
 (202) 514-6786 
 (202) 514-8742 (fax) 
 James.W.Harlow@usdoj.gov 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
I hereby certify that this document, filed through the CM/ECF system, will be sent 
via electronic mail to the registered participants as identified on the Notice of Electronic 
Filing. 
 
July 10, 2020 
 
 
 
 
s/ James W. Harlow 
  
 
 
 
 
 
JAMES W. HARLOW 
 
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