Four v. US Ex Rel. Bureau of Indian Affairs

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

HOVLAND, Chief Judge.

Before the Court is the defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment filed on March 1, 2006. The United States asserts that it is immune from suit under the discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act. For reasons outlined below, the Court grants the motion.

I. BACKGROUND

The following facts are undisputed. The plaintiff, Patricia Four (“Four”), brought this wrongful death action as the surviving spouse of Eugene Four, a 74-year-old man who was killed in a two-vehicle accident caused by a drunk driver,…