Naomi Ruth West v. Federal Aviation Administration United States of America, Defendants- Dulcy Steinlauf, as Special Administratrix of the Estate of James Steinlauf Dulcy Steinlauf, Individually and Malcolm Steinlauf, Individually, Plaintiffs v. United States

830 F.2d 1044 Naomi Ruth WEST, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION; United States of America, Defendants- Appellees. Dulcy STEINLAUF, as Special administratrix of the Estate of James Steinlauf; Dulcy Steinlauf, individually and Malcolm Steinlauf, individually, Plaintiffs- Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Nos. 85-2601, 85-2612. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 17, 1987. Decided Oct. 21, 1987. Marshall L. Foreman, San Diego, Cal., and Richard B. Goethals, Jr., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Barbara B. O'Malley, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (Sacramento). Before CHOY, ALARCON and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. ALARCON, Circuit Judge: 1 * Naomi Ruth West, her three children and Dulcy and Malcolm Steinlauf (hereinafter appellants) appeal the district court's order that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction to determine whether the acts of certain Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees were responsible for the crash of a Sierra Pacific airplane at…