KIMBRO v. VELTEN

No. 92-5007.

30 F.3d 1501 (1994)

Marilyn A. KIMBRO, Appellee, v. Dolores VELTEN, Department of Veterans Affairs, and United States of America, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 5, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Ambrosino, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, DC, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Eric H. Holder, Jr., U.S. Atty., and John D. Bates, R. Craig Lawrence, and Michael J. Ryan, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, DC.

Grace Y. Chung, Washington, DC (student counsel pursuant to Rule 46 of the General Rules of this Court) argued the cause for appellee. With her on the briefs were Steven H. Goldblatt (appointed by the Court), John J. Hoeffner, Supervising Atty., Washington, DC, and Sandra L. Massey, Student Counsel.

Before: SILBERMAN, BUCKLEY, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellants challenge the district court's orders, which resubstituted defendant Velten in lieu of the United States and remanded to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. We reverse and remand for the district court to conduct an evidentiary hearing to ascertain whether Velten acted within the scope of her employment at the time of the alleged incident.

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