Legal Opinion
Conyers v. Westphal
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 27, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2016-2000PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge
Joel Westphal, Director of the Navy Archives, may here be grateful for the Westfall Act. That is so because it affords “federal employees absolute immunity from common-law tort claims arising out of acts they undertake in the course of their official duties,” Osborn v. Haley, 549 U.S. 225, 229, 127 S.Ct. 881, 166 L.Ed.2d 819 (2007), and such is this suit. Joyce Conyers, a Navy records manager, has sued Westphal for common-law assault, based on incidents arising out of a workplace dispute. The Attorney . General, through…
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