DOUGLAS v. U.S.

No. 14-11444.

814 F.3d 1268 (2016)

Frank DOUGLAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 29, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Brandon Waddell , Caplan Cobb, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Frank Douglas, Usp Beaumont, Beaumont, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Karin Bethany Hoppmann , U.S. Attorney's Office, Tampa, FL, Janelle Christine Dinicola , Federal Bureau of Prisons, Coleman, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and ROSENTHAL, District Judge.


Frank Douglas, a federal inmate, appeals the District Court's dismissal of his Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) case. He claims that a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) official withheld wages he was owed for his work while incarcerated. The District Court held that this claim was barred by the FTCA's discretionary function exception...

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