Charles F. Samuel Valerie A. Samuel v. United States

37 F.3d 1506 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Charles F. SAMUEL; Valerie A. Samuel, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. No. 93-35875. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Sept. 14, 1994. * Decided Oct. 3, 1994. 1 Before: BROWNING, WRIGHT and CANBY, Circuit Judges 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Charles and Valerie Samuel appeal pro se the district court's dismissal of their action. 1 We affirm. 4 The complicated facts of this case are well known to the parties and we will not repeat them here. The Samuels' brief is not clear, but they appear to assert four charges of error in the district court. We examine each allegation in turn. 5 I. The District Court's Refusal to Allow the Samuels to File a Second Amended Complaint. 6 In granting the government's motion to dismiss, the court determined that most of the Samuels' claims were not cognizable under the Federal Tort Claims Act. Under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2675 (a), a…