TEKLE EX REL. TEKLE v. U.S.

No. 04-55026.

457 F.3d 1088 (2006)

Ephraim TEKLE, a minor, by and through his Guardian Ad Litem, Lily TEKLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; Garo Torossian; Keith Boden; Charles McCalmont; Thomas Jankowski; David M. Hawkes, all agents and employees of the Internal Revenue Service, an agency of the United States of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 11, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Clifton Hodges, Hodges and Associates, Pasadena, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Frank M. Travieso, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Before ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, A. WALLACE TASHIMA, and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges.


TASHIMA, Circuit Judge.

Ephraim Tekle ("Tekle"), a minor, by and through his mother and guardian ad litem, Lily Tekle, filed a complaint against the United States and various individuals, seeking declaratory relief and damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA"), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b)(1), 2671-2680, and for alleged civil rights violations, pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388...

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