Warren v. United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management

SKOPIL, Circuit Judge:

The issue presented is whether jurisdictional limitations on tort claims against the federal government encompass regulations promulgated pursuant to the agencies’ claims settlement authority. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 2675(a) and 2672 (1982). We decide the case en banc to resolve a conflict in our prior decisions. Compare Graves v. United States Coast Guard, 692 F.2d 71 (9th Cir. 1982) with House v. Mine Safety Appliances Co., 573 F.2d 609 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 862, 99 S.Ct. 182, 58 L.Ed.2d 171 *777(1978).1 The district court applied House, holding that 28 C.F.R. §…