United States Fifth Circuit

In an action for wrongful deportation of Plaintiff's child, dismissal of the action for lack of jurisdiction is reversed, where the "discretionary function" exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act did not deprive the District Court of jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/20/2009
• Published 02/20/2009

Judges

• CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:, Before SMITH, DeMOSS and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Susan Leigh Watson (argued), Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Edinburg, TX, Javier N. Maldonado, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John Albert Smith, III (argued), Corpus Christi, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.