Billings v. United States

57 F.3d 797 Florence BILLINGS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; Marilyn Quayle; Jeff Eisenbeiser; Tony Guilbault; David Cahill; Ross Dvorak; Scott Kecskes; County of San Bernardino, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-55013. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 2, 1994. Decided June 12, 1995. Rosario Perry, Santa Monica, CA, for plaintiff-appellant. Robert I. Lester, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before: FLOYD R. GIBSON, * HUG, and POOLE, Circuit Judges. FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge: 1 Florence Billings appeals the district court's denial of her motion for an order setting aside substitution of the United States in place of defendant Marilyn Quayle, the court's dismissal of her claims against the United States (as substituted for defendant Marilyn Quayle) and the court's dismissal of her 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 (1988) 1 claims against the federal agents. We have jurisdiction over these claims following their certification for appeal pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.Proc. 54(b). We AFFIRM.I. BACKGROUND 2 This case arises…