Peter L. Johnson v. United States

This appeal challenges a judgment of the District Court dismissing appellant’s action against the United States for damages assertedly recoverable under the Federal Tort Claims Act. 1 Appellant’s complaint, in two counts, charged false arrest, false imprisonment and medical malpractice. In pertinent part the first count alleged that

[appellant] was a patient at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Washington, D. C. and while in that capacity [appellant] was wrongfully, maliciously and wantonly arrested and imprisoned against his will as a direct result of the actions of the defendants [sic] 2…