Greenwood v. Manning

85 F.3d 635 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Ashley Hunt GREENWOOD and Frances Greenwood, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Howard L. MANNING, Paulus Van Emmerick, Richard Mayfield, Raymond Murphy, and the United States of America, Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-15183. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 9, 1996. Decided May 7, 1996. 1 Before: NORRIS and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges, and JONES, District Judge * . 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Following well-settled Ninth Circuit caselaw, we hold that the district court did not have subject matter jurisdiction over appellant Ashley Greenwood's action for damages against the United States and individual employees of the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA"). 4 Greenwood's action for damages is, at heart, a challenge to the FAA's orders suspending and not renewing his Pilot Examination Designation. Under the plain language of the Federal Aviation Act, the court of appeals has exclusive jurisdiction…