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REETZ v. U.S.

No. 99-1601.

224 F.3d 794 (2000)

John REETZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 22, 2000

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig W. Haehnel (argued and briefed), Haehnel & Calomeni, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellant.

Charles R. Gross (argued and briefed), Assistant United States Attorney, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before: SILER and CLAY, Circuit Judges; STAFFORD, District Judge.

OPINION

SILER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, John Reetz, appeals the dismissal of his Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA") case seeking to recover for injuries sustained while operating an off-road vehicle ("ORV") in a national forest in Michigan. For the reasons discussed below, we AFFIRM.

BACKGROUND

In 1995, Reetz and two friends took their ORVs to the Manistee National Forest to ride on ORV trails located there. Reetz had purchased an ORV permit...

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