Legal Opinion
Marion C. Buchanan v. United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 26, 1990No. 90-4288PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUHÉ, Circuit Judge.
Federal prisoners who were held hostage by Cuban detainees during a prison uprising appeal the dismissal of their suit against the United States for damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). The district court held that the discretionary function exception to the FTCA bars the prisoners’ claims. We affirm.
In 1987 the Federal Detention Center at Oakdale, Louisiana was a low-to-medium security facility with open, dormitory-style housing and no segregation unit. It housed about 1,200 Cuban detainees who had entered the United States in the Mariel boatlift. These Cuban…
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