Walding v. United States

ORDER

XAVIER RODRIGUEZ, District Judge.

On this date, the Court considered the United States’ motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) claims for lack of jurisdiction (docket no. 64). The United States asserts that this Court lacks jurisdiction over Plaintiffs’ Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Causes of Action because they fall within the discretionary function and independent contractor exceptions to the FTCA’s waiver of sovereign immunity. After careful consideration, the Court grants the motion.

I. Background

Plaintiffs are eleven young men born in Central America who…