United States Ninth Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's claim for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is affirmed where the seizure and inadvertent destruction of an inmate's property did not give rise to a cause of action against the defendants because the seizure was a "detention" of goods by federal law enforcement officers under the exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act liability.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/07/2003
• Decided 10/27/2003
• Published 10/27/2003

Judges

• TALLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before:  RYMER and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges, and LEIGHTON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel D. Wedemeyer, Wedemeyer & Prangley, Santa Ana, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Vince Farhat, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellee.