Legal Opinion
Charles M. Vander v. United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons, Western Regional Office United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 9, 2001No. 99-56234PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:
Charles M. Vander commenced this Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) action against the United States for injuries he received while he was an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution at Saf-ford, Arizona. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680. The district court granted summary judgment against him because he was injured while working on a prison work detail and, as a result, he was limited to the federal inmate compensation scheme. See 18 U.S.C. § 4126(c). We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Before Vander was incarcerated, his knee had been injured. Nevertheless, he was given work with…
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