Phillips v. Att: Tabor

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA FORT WAYNE DIVISION JAMES LEE PHILLIPS ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) CASE NO.: 1:23-cv-0401-HAB-SLC ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Defendants, ) ) OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff, James Lee Phillips (“Phillips”), proceeding pro se, sued Tabor Seidl (“Seidl”), an employee of the United States Department of Veteran’s Affairs (“VA”), for improperly denying him disability benefits. (ECF No. 2). The Government substituted itself for Seidl under The Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2679, as Seidl was acting in the scope of his employment when Phillips’ benefits were…