No. 20-35

Joshua E. Frankel v. United States, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-16
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights due-process federal-courts feres-doctrine fourth-circuit incident-to-service insurance-law military-tort separation-of-powers sovereign-immunity
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Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in applying an unduly restrictive 'situs and status test' for the determination of whether the acts at issue were 'incident to service'

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in applying an unduly restrictive “situs and status test” for the determination of whether the acts at issue were “incident to service” which test is far beyond the established policy reasons underlying the so called Feres doctrine. Whether there is a conflict between District Courts and Courts of Appeal in the United States regarding the application of the “incident to service” test which requires guidance from this Court to not only avoid inconsistent results but ultimately to prevent a significant departure from Congress’ original intent in enacting 28 U.S.C. §2674 and its waiver of sovereign immunity implicating a concern for separation of powers. Whether the Fourth Circuit, in affirming the District Court’s dismissal of the Plaintiff's uninsured motorist claim based upon Feres immunity, misapplied Section 38.2-2206 of the Code of Virginia, as made and provided, which would have allowed a judgment against an “Immune Defendant.”

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States, et al. to respond filed.
2020-08-17
Waiver of right of respondent Government Employees Insurance Company to respond filed.
2020-07-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 17, 2020)

Attorneys

Government Employees Insurance Company
Richard Alan SaundersSuite 341B, Respondent
Richard Alan SaundersSuite 341B, Respondent
Joshua Frankel
Michael Francis ImpreventoBreit Cantor Grana Buckner, PLLC, Petitioner
Michael Francis ImpreventoBreit Cantor Grana Buckner, PLLC, Petitioner
Allen W. BeasleyBreit Cantor Grana Buckner, PLLC, Petitioner
Allen W. BeasleyBreit Cantor Grana Buckner, PLLC, Petitioner
United States, et al.
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent