United States Ninth Circuit

The discretionary function exception, under 28 USC 2680(a), to the Federal Tort Claims Act may not apply to a federal prison's failure to conduct a Central Inmate Monitoring search, under 28 CFR 524.73(a)(2), to state prisoner also charged with threatening a judge.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/11/2002
• Published 01/11/2002

Judges

• Before:  THOMPSON, TASHIMA, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Linda K. Williams, Portland, Oregon, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Craig J. Casey, Assistant United States Attorney, Portland, Oregon, for the defendant-appellee.