Legal Opinion
Evans v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 4, 2017No. 16-2423PPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In this case, a small bug incited a lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680. The district court, acting through a magistrate judge, ruled that the FTCA’s discretionary function exception barred the maintenance of the action. See Evans v. United States, No. 14-cv-40042, 2016 WL 5844473, at *8 (D. Mass. Sept. 30, 2016) (citing 28 U.S.C. § 2680(a)). After careful consideration, we affirm.
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