Legal Opinion
Hart v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 11, 2011No. 10-1604PublishedCited by 154 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Chief Judge.
Bonita Hart brought this wrongful death action under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346, 2671-80, against the United States. Hart asserted that a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) law enforcement officer failed adequately to supervise, secure, and detain her son, Kenneth Block, after Block’s arrest for federal sex crimes, resulting in Block’s suicide. The district court 1 sua sponte dismissed Hart’s complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, holding the discretionary function exception, 28 U.S.C. § 2680(a), to the FTCA’s general waiver of sovereign…
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