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BRAMWELL v. U.S. BUREAU OF PRISONS

No. 02-55516.

348 F.3d 804 (2003)

Marlon BRAMWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. U.S. BUREAU OF PRISONS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 27, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Wedemeyer, Wedemeyer & Prangley, Santa Clara, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Vince Farhat, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: RYMER Ann and Richard C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges, and Ronald B. LEIGHTON, District Judge.

Argued and Submitted October 7, 2003 — Pasadena, California.

OPINION

TALLMAN, Circuit Judge.

We must decide whether the seizure and inadvertent destruction of an inmate's property by correctional officers gives rise to a cause of action against the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 2671, et seq. We hold that the seizure in this case was a "detention" of goods by federal law enforcement...

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