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MENDES-SILVA v. U.S.

No. 91-5247.

980 F.2d 1482 (1993)

Paulette MENDES-SILVA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 8, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Borden, with whom Jeremiah C. Collins and Herbert N. Harmon, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mary McElroy Leach, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., Jeffrey Axelrad and Gail K. Johnson, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before: MIKVA, Chief Judge; WALD and RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Chief Judge:

Paulette Mendes-Silva appeals a district court decision granting summary judgment in favor of the United States in an action brought pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act. The district court held that Ms. Mendes-Silva did not present sufficient scientific evidence to create a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the administration of...

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