UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

_______________________________________ ) CHRISTOPHER NICKENS AND ) PATRICIA NICKENS, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 09-0307 ) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND ) MAYOR ADRIAN FENTY, ) ) Defendants. ) _______________________________________)

ORDER

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

hereby

ORDERED that defendants’ motions to dismiss [8] and [9] are GRANTED.

Plaintiff Patricia Nickens’s claims are dismissed for lack of standing and plaintiff Christopher

Nickens’s claims are dismissed for failure to exhaust his administrative remedies; and it is

FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall remove this case from the

docket of the Court. This is a final appealable order. See FED . R. APP . P. 4(a).

SO ORDERED.

_/s/__________________________ PAUL L. FRIEDMAN United States District Judge DATE: March 16, 2009