Conlon

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MICHAEL J. CONLON,  No. 05-15238 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v.  CV-01-00700-DWH

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, (VPC)

Defendant-Appellee.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada David W. Hagen, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 16, 2006—San Francisco, California

Filed January 16, 2007

Before: Susan P. Graber, M. Margaret McKeown, and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Tallman

627 630 CONLON v. UNITED STATES

COUNSEL

James André Boles, Reno, Nevada, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Greg Addington, Assistant United States Attorney, District of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, for the defendant-appellee.

OPINION

TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Michael J. Conlon appeals the district court’s entry of summary judgment against him under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671- CONLON v. UNITED STATES 631 2680. Conlon failed to respond to the government’s Request for Admissions within the thirty-day time…