Legal Opinion
Marlon Bramwell v. U.S. Bureau of Prisons
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 27, 2003No. 02-55516PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TALLMAN, Circuit Judge.
We must decide whether the seizure and inadvertent destruction of an inmate’s property by correctional officers gives rise to a cause of action against the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 2671, et seq. We hold that the seizure in this case was a “detention” of goods by federal law enforcement officers under the exception to FTCA liability set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 2680(c). We affirm the district court’s ruling and join the majority of circuits that have similarly interpreted this subsection.
The district court dismissed…
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