ABC v. DEF

Docket No. 06-1362-cv.

500 F.3d 103 (2007)

ABC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEF, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 5, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ABC, pro se.

Peter Halpin, Justin Kolbenschlag, Erica Laplante (Jonathan H. Romberg, on the brief), for Seton Hall University School of Law Center for Social Justice, Newark, NJ, as amicus curiae in support of Appellant.*

Kristin L. Vassallo, Assistant United States Attorney (Elisabeth Wolstein, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), for Michael J. Garcia, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, for Appellee.

Before: JACOBS, Chief Judge, LEVAL and POOLER, Circuit Judges.


DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:

A federal prison inmate pro se appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Daniels, J.), dismissing his claim against the United States based on the allegation that a prison officer negligently detained and lost his property during his transfer from one cell to another. The Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA") waives the sovereign immunity of the United States for certain civil...

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