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WHITE v. UNITED STATES

No. 84-5645.

780 F.2d 97 (1986)

Genoa M. WHITE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm W. Houston, Kensington, Md., for appellant.

Michael J. Ryan, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Royce C. Lamberth and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before WRIGHT and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

This case arises under the Federal Tort Claims Act and involves appellant's claim for damages for injuries suffered when she was attacked and brutally stabbed by a psychiatric patient from St. Elizabeths Hospital.

On December 7, 1979, Dwayne White, a patient confined to St. Elizabeths Hospital ("St. Elizabeths" or...

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