Deppner v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ESTRELLA DEPPNER, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 22-cv-680 (CRC) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Estrella Deppner worked as a nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs (“VA”) health clinic from February 2015 through April 2016. Compl. ¶ 5. In this negligence action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), Deppner alleges that the clinic was infested with bedbugs and that she was bitten on a near daily basis throughout her employment. Id. ¶¶ 7–10, 42–43. Deppner says she repeatedly complained…