Legal Opinion
Ramon Garcia Maria Morfin Garcia v. United States of America, U.S. Dept. Of Justice & I & Ns
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 2, 1987No. 86-2645PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEEZER, Circuit Judge:
The memorandum disposition filed July 28, 1987, is redesignated as an authored opinion by Judge Beezer. See the attached opinion.
OPINION
The United States appeals from judgment assessing liability under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) for damages to Ramon and Maria Garcia. Ramon Garcia, a citizen of Mexico, was shot when he threatened Walter Hummel, a border patrol agent of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, with a stick and rock in an effort to compel Hummel to release a prisoner Hummel arrested on United States soil. Because Hummel did not forfeit his right…
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