Kiser

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 16 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KATHERINE KISER, No. 24-2663 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 9:22-cv-00181-DWM v.

MEMORANDUM*

UNITED STATES BUREAU OF INDIAN

AFFAIRS,

Defendant - Appellee,

and

TERRANCE JACKSON, DOES, 1-5,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Donald W. Molloy, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 14, 2025 San Francisco, California

Before: S.R. THOMAS, M. SMITH, and BRESS, Circuit Judges. Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge S.R. THOMAS.

Plaintiff Katherine Kiser appeals the district court’s grant of summary

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. judgment to the United States in Kiser’s Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) lawsuit

seeking compensation for injuries that Kiser sustained from an attack by a dog

owned by an employee of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) who was living

in BIA housing. Kiser…