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THE

U N I TED STATES

D I STR I C T COURT

FOR

THE W ESTERN D I STRI CT O F

T E X J ?

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10.

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A U STI N D I V I SI O N

......

LANCE

AR M S TRON G , P l a i n t i ff,

-vs-

C as e

N o.

A - 12- C A - 606- SS

TRA V I S TYG A RT,

i n h i s o ff i c i a l

capacity

a s

C hi ef E x ecu t i v e O f f i cer o f

the

U n i t ed S t at es A n t i -

D opi ng A gency,

and

U N I TED STATES A N TI - D O PI N G A G EN CY , D ef en da nt s.

ORDER

B E I T

REM EM BERE D o n t h i s

day

the C ou r t r ev i ew ed t h e fi l e i n t h e above-styled

cause, and specifically

D ef end ant T r avi s T yg ar t

and

U ni t ed S t at es A nt i - D op i ng A ge nc y (collectively,

" U SA D A " ) ' s M ot i on

t o

D i s m i s s

[#33],

P l a i n t i ff

Lance

A r m st r on g' s

response

[#45]

t h e reto , '

the affidavit

o f

S haw n F ar r el l

[#49],

U SA D A '

s

reply

[#50],

A r m st r on g' s

surreply

[ #5 1], an d

the

p a rt i e s'

l e t t e r b ri e fs

[ # # 5 4 , 5 5 ] .

H avi ng r evi ew ed the do cum ent s, t he relevant

l aw , an d t h e f i l e

a s

a w ho l e, t he C ou r t no w ent er s t h e f o l l o w i n g op i ni on and

orders

G RA N TI N G

U SA D A ' s

m ot i on

t o d i sm i ss.

B ac kgr ound

U SA D A ha s c ha r ge d A r m s t r ong w i t h violating various an t i - d o p i n g r u l es, and g i ven hi m t he option

o f

either co n t est i n g t h e charges through arb i t rat i o n o r accepting sanctions, potentially including l i fet i m e i n eli g i b i l i t y fr o m certain at h l et i c c o m p et i t i o n s and forfei t u re

o f

any

co m pe t i t i v e res u l t s, m edal s, p oi n t s and p r i zes he o b t ai n ed o n

o r

aft er t h e d ate

o f

h i s fi rst all eg ed violation.

I n

t h i s

' A r m st r on g' s

m ot i on for

l eav e t o ex ceed pa ge l i m i t s

[#4411

i s

thus G RA N TED.