Joseph J. Proietti v. Benjamin R. Civiletti, Attorney General of the United States

ELY, Circuit Judge:

The appellant Proietti appeals from an adverse judgment entered by the District Court, based upon the court’s conclusion that Edward H. Levi, the then Attorney General of the United States, did not abuse his discretion in finding that Proietti, a serviceman with the rank of sergeant, was acting outside the scope of his Air Force employment and was, therefore, not entitled to United States Government representation in defending an action for personal injury and property damages in a California-State Court. We reverse.

This litigation arose out of an automobile accident that…