discretionary-function-exception

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-204 Raynu Clark, Mother of Tyler M. Gergler, et al. v. Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy, et al. Third Circuit 2024-08-23 Denied Response Waived discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-liability negligence policy-judgment sovereign-immunity Whether the discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act immunizes government conduct that no reasonable observer would deem to be …
24-5249 Farid Fata v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies berkovitz-gaubert-test circuit-split discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act jurisdictional-requirement sovereign-immunity Question not identified.
23-968 Steven Dakota Knezovich, et al. v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied Response Waived circuit-court-split circuit-split discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-liability negligence sovereign-immunity tort-liability wildland-fire wildland-fire-response Is the United States liable for the negligence of wildland fire managers?
23-213 Brian O'Grady v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-09-07 Denied Response Waived circuit-court-conflict circuit-split discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-liability negligence subject-matter-jurisdiction wildland-fire wildland-fire-response Is the United States liable for the negligence of its wildland fire managers?
23-196 Jade Mound, et al. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-09-01 Denied budgetary-considerations circuit-court-conflict circuit-split discretionary-function-exception failure-to-warn federal-tort-claims-act government-liability latent-danger public-safety warning-duty Whether the discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act shields the federal government from liability when it fails to warn the pu…
23-104 Granville S. Watson v. Connecticut, et al. Second Circuit 2023-08-03 Denied 18-usc-242 civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act fraudulent-concealment sovereign-immunity wrongful-incarceration When is it appropriate to seek compensation for wrongful incarceration?
22-7856 Annice Hale v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-liability sovereign-immunity standing statutory-interpretation tort-claims Whether assertion of violations against the government are waivers of sovereign immunity
21-1410 Carol V. Clendening, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gary J. Clendening v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-05-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) camp-lejeune discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine feres-v-united-states judge-advocate-general military-tort-claims standing-law toxic-exposure Does Feres v. United States apply to an unwitting Judge Advocate General Officer's toxic exposure not related to his service
21-720 Rodney S. Ratheal v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abuse-of-process discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act ftca no-admit-no-deny no-admit-no-deny-policy sec-policy securities-and-exchange-commission whistleblower whistleblower-notice Does the SEC publishing a defaming whistleblower notice that implies guilt in violation of its own No Admit No Deny policy directive that after settle…
21-682 Mackie L. Shivers, Jr. v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-09 Denied circuit-split civil-liability constitutional-violation discretionary-function-exception employee-liability federal-tort-claims-act government-immunity Whether the discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act immunizes the United States from tort liability for acts taken by its empl…
21-590 A. Michael Davallou v. United States First Circuit 2021-10-22 Denied Response Waived administrative-law discretionary-function-exception failure-to-warn federal-tort-claims-act government-liability hazard-disclosure negligence policy-decision specific-known-immediate-hazard warning-duty Whether the Government's failure to warn of a specific, known, immediate hazard is not the kind of broader social, economic, or political policy decis…
21-311 Carrie S. Willis, Individually and as Trustee of the Trust of James C. and Norma D. Willis v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-agent government-liability mandatory-duty sovereign-immunity state-law-tort-claims tort-claims Whether the discretionary function exception shields the Government from suit whenever a government agent fails to fulfill a mandatory duty that appli…
21-5107 Willie C. Walker v. Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-14 Denied IFP berkovitz-test civil-rights discretionary-function-exception due-process federal-tort-claims-act government-liability judicial-review policy-considerations statutory-interpretation Whether the discretionary function exception bars a claim against the government, even if a private employer could be liable under the same circumstan…
20-426 William L. Huntress, et al. v. United States Second Circuit 2020-10-02 Rehearing Amici (2)Relisted (2) abuse-of-process discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act law-enforcement-proviso malicious-prosecution sovereign-immunity Whether the discretionary-function exception nullifies the law-enforcement proviso
19-1082 Stephen Linder v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied civil-rights-tort-claims-act-discretionary-functio constitutional-violation constitutional-violations discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress law-enforcement malicious-prosecution sovereign-immunity Whether the discretionary function exception bars claims for malicious prosecution and intentional infliction of emotional distress that violate the C…
19-517 Daniel Barbosa, et al. v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. District of Columbia 2019-10-22 Denied administrative-procedure-act agency-transparency civil-procedure discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception express-statement-requirement foia foia-publication-requirements freedom-of-information-act judicial-review mandatory-publication secret-law stafford-act statutory-interpretation Whether the Stafford Act bars review of claims that FEMA uses secret law in violation of FOIA's mandatory requirements
19-6224 Philong Huynh v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General District of Columbia 2019-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-review attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights congressional-statutes court-procedure discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception discretionary-standard due-process government-oversight investigation-power judicial-review legal-interpretation Whether the government oversight function, including the power of investigation, is subject to the discretionary function exception under congressiona…
18-234 Guadalupe Chaidez Campos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied civil-rights discretionary-function-exception due-process false-arrest false-imprisonment federal-tort-claims-act intentional-torts law-enforcement-proviso sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act restricts the law enforcement proviso's waiver of sovereign immunity for i…