Mike Tonelli Cindy Tonelli v. United States

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Alleging that postal workers repeatedly peeked at and pilfered the adult materials contained in their post office box, Mike To-nelli and his wife Cindy brought a Federal Tort Claims Act lawsuit against the United States. The district court granted the government’s motion for summary judgment, finding that a particular postal worker was not acting within the scope of his employment, and that the Tonellis’ initial complaint to a desk clerk did not place the government on notice of the illegal behavior. The district court also dismissed the Tonellis’ other allegations. We…