MITTLEMAN v. U.S.

No. 95-5395.

104 F.3d 410 (1997)

Elaine MITTLEMAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elaine Mittleman, appearing pro se, argued the cause and filed the brief, for appellant.

Nancy R. Page, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause, for appellee. With her on the brief were Eric H. Holder, Jr., U.S. Attorney, R. Craig Lawrence and Mark E. Nagle, Assistant U.S. Attorneys. Michael T. Ambrosino, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Washington, DC, entered an appearance.

Before: WALD, WILLIAMS and TATEL, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.

STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

We deal here with the United States's exhaustion defenses to several tort claims originally brought in 1986 against various government officials. The Federal Employees Liability and Reform Tort Compensation Act of 1988 (the "Westfall Act"), Pub.L. 100-694, 102 Stat. 4563, transformed these claims into ones against the United States under the Federal Torts Claims Act...

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