FLECHSIG v. U.S.

No. 92-5189.

991 F.2d 300 (1993)

Lisa Huntley FLECHSIG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffery C. Duffey, Susan G. James (Briefed), Denise A. Simmons (Argued), Montgomery, AL and William M. Scalf, Lexington, KY, for plaintiff-appellant.

Karen K. Caldwell, U.S. Atty., Martin L. Hatfield, David Bunning, (Briefed), Asst. U.S. Attys., Office of the U.S. Atty., Lexington, KY and Carolyn A. Sabol (Argued), Deputy Gen. Counsel, Bureau of Prisons, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee.

Before: KENNEDY, MARTIN and JONES, Circuit Judges.


KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Lisa Huntley Flechsig appeals the District Court's denial of her Fed. R.Civ.P. 59(e) motion to alter or amend judgment. The District Court granted the United States' motion for summary judgment on her Federal Tort Claims Act claim on three alternative bases. Because we find two of these grounds to have been correct and controlling we affirm, but for the reasons stated below.

I.

On February 22, 1991, plaintiff filed...

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