Legal Opinion
Locke v. United States
District Court, D. South Dakota
Decided July 29, 2002No. CIV. 00-1014PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS
KORNMANN, District Judge.
BACKGROUND
[¶ 1.] Plaintiff brought this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2671, et seq. Jurisdiction is alleged to exist pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1346. Plaintiff alleges in her amended complaint that Darrell DeCoteau (“DeCo-teau”), then a Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux tribal police officer, while acting within the scope of his employment, wrongfully assaulted plaintiff, then a tribal police dispatcher, by twice placing an air pistol to the back of her head and pulling the trigger. Plaintiff twice felt the puff of air on…
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