Ann Farley Donna L. Rambo Cynthia Lee Shanklin v. United States

BRORBY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-Appellants appeal from the district court order dismissing their complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. 1 Appellants filed this tort action pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b)(1), 2671— 2680, based on alleged retaliation and outrageous conduct by their former employer, the United States Probation Office. This court exercises jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we reverse and remand with further instructions.

I. Background

Appellants are former employees of the United States…