Legal Opinion
Green v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 25, 2011No. 09-16180PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge BEA; Concurrence by Judge B. FLETCHER.
OPINION
BEA, Circuit Judge:
This case presents the question whether statutory qualified immunity protects the U.S. Forest Service’s (“Forest Service”) failure to notify nearby private property owners that it intended to light a “backfire” 1 to fight a wildfire and its failure to notify property owners that the backfire had exceeded Forest Service boundaries near their private properties. Gregory and Victoria Green, Silver Starr De Varona, and John Elbert Ervin (“Appellants”) appeal the district court’s dismissal for lack of subject matter…
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