Millbrook v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided September 25, 2012

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 2012-09-25

Cited by 9 later decisions (9 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2013

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act)

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Decided 2012-09-25

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¶1C. A. 3d Cir. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to the following question: “Whether 28 U. S. C. §§ 1346(b) and 2680(h) waive the sovereign immunity of the United States for the intentional torts of prison guards when they are acting within the scope of their employment but are not exercising authority to ‘execute searches, to seize evidence, or to make arrests for violations of Federal law/ ”