VANDER v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 99-56234.

268 F.3d 661 (2001)

Charles M. VANDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE; Federal Bureau Of Prisons, Western Regional Office; United States of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 9, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Kay Jackson, Pasadena, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Peter J. Sholl, Assistant United States Attorney, San Diego, California, for defendants-appellees.

Before: FERDINAND F. FERNANDEZ, ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, and M. MARGARET McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted September 11, 2001 — Pasadena, California.

OPINION

FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:

Charles M. Vander commenced this Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) action against the United States for injuries he received while he was an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution at Safford, Arizona. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680. The district court granted summary judgment against him because he was injured while working on...

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