                             UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                             FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND           )
ETHICS IN WASHINGTION,                    )
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            Plaintiff,                    )
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      v.                                  )                 Civil Action No. 08-1481 (PLF)
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS               )
AFFAIRS,                                  )
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            Defendant.                    )
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                                             ORDER

               For the reasons stated in the accompanying Opinion issued this same day, it is

hereby

               ORDERED that defendant’s renewed motion for summary judgment

[Dkt. No. 65] is GRANTED; it is

               FURTHER ORDERED that defendant’s motion for reconsideration [Dkt. No. 55]

is DENIED as moot; and it is

               FURTHER ORDERED that the complaint is DISMISSED with prejudice. The

Clerk of the Court shall remove this case from the docket of this Court. This is a final appealable

order. See FED. R. APP. P. 4(a).

               SO ORDERED.

                                             /s/____________________________
                                             PAUL L. FRIEDMAN
DATE: September 24, 2014                     United States District Judge
