United States Ninth Circuit

A petition for certification brought by a senior foreign service officer seeking certification that he was acting within the scope of employment at the time of a car accident in Russia is granted where: 1) District of Columbia law governed the question of whether he was acting within the scope of employment; and 2) under applicable law, defendant was acting within the scope of employment at the time of the accident.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/07/2006
• Decided 08/10/2006
• Published 08/10/2006

Judges

• TROTT, Circuit Judge., Before REINHARDT, TROTT, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sharon L. Papp, General Counsel American Foreign Service Association, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae American Foreign Service Association.


• For Appellees:
  
• J. Michael Hannon, Hannon Law Group, LLP, Washington, DC, for the defendant-appellant., Dana J. Martin, United States Attorney and United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the defendant-appellee.