Lehner v. United States

685 F.2d 1187 Luisa LEHNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Samuel Riley Pierce, * Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, House of Affirmation, Inc., a corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 80-4326. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 16, 1981. Decided Sept. 3, 1982. Alan J. Cilman, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Kimberly A. Reiley, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., Edmund L. Regalia, Oakland, Cal., for defendants-appellees; John G. Sprankling, Miller, Starr & Regalia, Oakland, Cal., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before MERRILL, Senior Circuit Judge, and CHOY and WALLACE, Circuit Judges. CHOY, Circuit Judge: 1 The district court dismissed Luisa Lehner's numerous claims against the United States and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and her single claim against the House of Affirmation, Inc. We affirm the dismissal of some of her claims for lack of jurisdiction and the remainder for failure to state claims upon which relief can be granted. I. Facts 2 Lehner asserts that governmental misconduct…