Zeranti v. United States

*467DECISION AND ORDER

ELIZABETH A. WOLFORD, United States District Judge

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Kenneth Zeranti (“Plaintiff’) brings this Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b) and 2671 et seq., action against defendants United States of America and Erica L. Sargent, Ph.D., alleging the parties’ negligence caused him “permanent or long-standing emotional harm.” (Dkt.l). Specifically, Plaintiff claims that Dr. Sargent, Plaintiffs psychotherapist at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Buffalo, New York (“VA”), engaged in a sexual, intimate relationship with Plaintiff, and then…