Michael Stoker v. United States
Opinion
Opinion
FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
JUL 6 2022
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MICHAEL B. STOKER, No. 21-55993
Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:21-cv-00733-JAK-E v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; MEMORANDUM*
Defendants-Appellees,
and
ANDREW R. WHEELER; et al.,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California John A. Kronstadt, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted June 13, 2022** Pasadena, California
Before: RAWLINSON, CHRISTEN, and KOH, Circuit Judges.
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Plaintiff Michael Stoker (Stoker) appeals the district court’s order
substituting the United States for individual defendants on the grounds that they
were acting within the “course and scope of their employment” pursuant to
U.S.C. § 2679(d). The district court subsequently dismissed…