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LEVASSEUR v. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

No. 08-1266.

543 F.3d 23 (2008)

Joseph K. LEVASSEUR, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 1, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John K. Levasseur on brief pro se.

Michelle A. Windmueller, Attorney, Appellate Division, Hélène Kazanjian, Special Attorney to the United States Attorney General, and Lori J. Dym, Chief Counsel, Appellate Division, on brief for appellee.

Before LIPEZ, SELYA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the judgment substantially for the reasons enumerated in the district court's opinion, see 2007 WL 2011273 (D.N.H.2007), adding only the following comments.

This case raises a single issue involving the so-called "postal-matter exception" to the Federal Tort Claims Act. That exception preserves sovereign immunity for "[a]ny claim arising out of the loss, miscarriage, or negligent transmission of letters or postal matters." 28 U...

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