Legal Opinion
Spotts v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 3, 2010No. 09-41039PublishedCited by 162 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs-appellants, 453 present and former inmates of the Federal Correctional Complex, United States Penitentiary, in Beaumont, Texas, appeal the district court’s dismissal of their claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) against the United States in connection with the decision made by Gerardo Maldonado, the Regional Director of the South Central Region of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, not to evacuate the Penitentiary in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita.1 The plaintiffs also challenge the district court’s denial of leave to amend their complaint to add…
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