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VICKERS v. U.S.

No. 99-55976.

228 F.3d 944 (2000)

Miriam L. VICKERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; United States Department of Justice; Immigration and Naturalization Service, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 3, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Connie Guerry, Pasadena, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Alejandro N. Mayorkas, United States Attorney, Leon W. Weidman, Assistant United States Attorney, Alarice M. Medrano, Assistant United States Attorney, and Julie Zatz, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: REINHARDT and BERZON, Circuit Judges, and BREYER, District Judge.

BERZON, Circuit Judge:

After a domestic argument, Akanni Kendalla, a detention enforcement officer with the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), shot and seriously injured Miriam Vickers, another INS employee and his former wife, with his Service-issued revolver. Ms. Vickers filed this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq., claiming that the United States should be held liable...

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