OPINION & ORDER Plaintiff Feng “Kevin” Liu (hereinafter, “Plaintiff” or “Mr. Liu”) brings this action pro se against the United States of America (hereinafter, “Defendant” or “the Government”) and individual law enforcement officers, alleging malicious prosecution and negligence pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”). Before the Court is the Government’s motion to dismiss Mr. Liu’s complaint. For the reasons discussed below, the Government’s motion is GRANTED. PROCEDURAL HISTORY Mr. Liu commenced this action on August 27, 2019. ECF No. 2. On September 16, 2019, the Court dismissed Plaintiff’s claims against Frank DiCarlo and “other law enforcement officer(s) of [the] FBI.” ECF No. 5 at 3. On December 9, 2019 the Government filed a letter informing the Court of its intent to file a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and failure to state a claim. ECF No. 9. On January 14, 2020 the Court ordered Plaintiff to respond to Defendant’s letter on or before January 31, 2020, but Plaintiff did not respond. ECF No. 11. On February 26, 2020 the Court granted Defendant leave to file a motion to dismiss. ECF No. 14. The Government filed their motion to dismiss on March 12, 2020. ECF No. 15. On May 6, 2020 the Government filed a letter informing the Court that to date Plaintiff had failed to file or serve his opposition and requesting that the Court deem the motion to be fully submitted. ECF No. 18. On May 20, 2020, Plaintiff wrote a letter to the Court requesting “more time in seeking legal counsel and preparing the legal process under this special circumstance.” ECF No. 20 at 1. This letter contained arguments in opposition to the Government’s motion to dismiss. On June 3, 2020, the Government responded to Mr. Liu’s letter and addressed Plaintiff’s arguments in opposition to their motion to dismiss the complaint. ECF No. 21. On June 9, 2020 the Court granted Plaintiff four weeks to find an attorney and granted Plaintiff an extension until July 28, 2020 to file an opposition to the Government’s motion to dismiss. ECF No. 23. On August 11, 2020, the Government filed a letter informing the Court that no attorney had entered an appearance on Plaintiff’s behalf and no opposition had been served or filed. ECF No. 24. On September 24, 2020 the Court issued an Order to Show Cause why the Government’s motion should not be deemed unopposed. ECF No. 26. On December 4, 2020 the Court issued an order directing the Government to serve Mr. Liu with the Order to Show Cause and extending the deadline to respond until December 28, 2020. ECF No. 27. The Government served Mr. Liu with the Order to Show Cause and order extending the deadline to respond on December 7, 2020. ECF No. 28. To date Mr. Liu has not responded. Thus, the motion is deemed unopposed and fully briefed. BACKGROUND1 Mr. Liu is a permanent resident from China. Compl.
21, 23. He has a master’s degree in Financial Mathematics from the University of Chicago. Id. 22. On or around May 14, 2012, Mr. Liu joined the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (“DTCC”) as a Quantitative Developer consultant. Id.
