VALDEZ v. U.S.

No. 93-17236.

56 F.3d 1177 (1995)

Felix VALDEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 8, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Greenberg and Jennifer Van Der Heide, Greenberg & Simon, Beverly Hills, CA, for plaintiff-appellant.

William L. Shipley, Asst. U.S. Atty., Fresno, CA, for defendant-appellee.

Before: FLOYD R. GIBSON, HUG and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges.


FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Felix Valdez appeals the district court's order granting the Government's motion to dismiss his claim for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We have jurisdiction over the appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1988), and we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On July 25, 1991, Felix Valdez plummeted ninety feet down the face of the Ella Falls waterfall in Kings Canyon National Park. As a result, Valdez was rendered a...

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