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HART v. U.S.

No. 10-1604.

630 F.3d 1085 (2011)

Bonita A. HART, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Kenneth M. Block, Deceased, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 11, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald A. Wager and Justin Matthew Scott , Aberdeen, SD, for appellant.

Cheryl Schrempp DuPris , AUSA, Pierre, SD, for appellee.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, MELLOY and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

RILEY, Chief Judge.

Bonita Hart brought this wrongful death action under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346, 2671-80, against the United States. Hart asserted that a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) law enforcement officer failed adequately to supervise, secure, and detain her son, Kenneth Block, after Block's arrest for federal sex crimes, resulting in Block's suicide. The district court1 sua sponte dismissed...

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