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COMINOTTO v. UNITED STATES

No. 85-2120.

802 F.2d 1127 (1986)

John COMINOTTO, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant/Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Oreck, Oreck & Oreck, Oakland, Cal., for plaintiff/appellant.

George Christopher Stoll, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for defendant/appellee.

Before CHOY, Senior Circuit Judge, ALARCON and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.

CHOY, Senior Circuit Judge:

John Cominotto appeals the district court's order granting the Government's motion to dismiss his Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) claim. Because Cominotto's tort action is barred by the foreign country exception of the FTCA, we affirm.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

In the early 1970's, Cominotto was involved in the drug trade in Thailand. In 1976 he became a Drug Enforcement Agency ("DEA") informant, and was instrumental in the arrest...

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