Donna Hylin, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Donald Hylin, Deceased v. United States

*1208HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Donna M. Hylin, appeals from the judgment of the district court in favor of defendant, the United States, in an action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq. (FTCA). The district court found that the allegedly negligent acts and omissions of federal mine inspectors were not the proximate cause of the death of plaintiff’s husband, Donald Hylin. The government supports this finding, but, contrary to the district court’s ruling, also argues that federal regulatory enforcement activities, conducted under the authority of…