Abuhouran v. United States

MEMORANDUM

EDUARDO C. ROBRENO, District Judge.

Plaintiff Hitham Abuhouran (“Abuhour-an”), a pro se prisoner, brings this claim of negligence against the United States (the “Government”) under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b) (“FTCA”) for exposing him to excessive amounts of environmental tobacco smoke (“ETS”) while in prison. Because Abuhouran fails to raise a genuine issue of material fact concerning negligence on the part of the Government, the Government’s Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment will be granted.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Facts

The following facts are taken from the…