Demery v. United States Department of the Interior

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HOVLAND, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff, Raphael Demery, brought this action against the United States Department of the Interior [hereinafter referred to as DOI] pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b) for the wrongful death of his wife, Linda Dem-ery. He seeks to recover damages from the DOI, attributing his wife’s death to the negligence of Bureau of Indian Affairs [hereinafter referred to as BIA]. For the purposes of this action, the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Indian Affairs are one-in-the-same. The DOI filed a motion for dismissal…