Stanley Little White Man, Jr., Administrator of the Estate of Stanley Little White Man, Sr. v. United States

MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Stanley Little White Man, Jr., as Administrator of the Estate of Stanley Little White Man, Sr., brought suit against the United States for negligence pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b). The appellant claimed that the Indian Health Service’s (IHS) failure to refer Little White Man, Sr. for a biopsy of his gum tissue caused his death. The district court, 2 following a bench trial, found any substandard care that might have been given by the IHS was not the proximate cause of Little White Man, Sr.’s death. We affirm.

I. Background

On November…