Joy Ward, Individually and as Guardian Ad Litem of Jacob R. Kinser v. Richard Gordon, M.D. United States of America

FARRIS, Circuit Judge:

Richard Gordon and the United States appeal interlocutorily the district court’s order reinstating Lieutenant Colonel Richard Gordon, M.D., as a defendant in a medical malpractice action and refusing to substitute the United States in his place. We consider the interrelationship of the Federal Tort Claims Act, the Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act, the Gonzalez Act, and the State of Washington’s “scope of employment” and “borrowed servant” doctrines. We vacate the order of the district court and remand for substitution of the United States as a…