Legal Opinion
Spotts v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 23, 2008No. Civil Action 08-44 (CKK)PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, 438 current and former inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Beaumont, Texas (“USP Beaumont”), filed this action against Defendant, the United States of America, pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C §§ 2671, 1346(b), et seq. The gravamen of Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) is that Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) officials acted negligently by failing to evacuate USP Beaumont prior to the landfall of Hurricane Rita on September 24, 2005. SAC ¶¶ 225-44. 1 Plaintiffs further allege…
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