William Mendenhall v. United States

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 18 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WILLIAM H. MENDENHALL, No. 21-35464

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:20-cv-00312-SLG

v.

MEMORANDUM*

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska Sharon L. Gleason, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 8, 2022 Anchorage, Alaska

Before: S.R. THOMAS, McKEOWN, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

William H. Mendenhall appeals the district court’s dismissal of his lawsuit

under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), alleging negligence and civil rights

violations. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. The parties are familiar

with the facts, so we do not recount them here.

The district court properly dismissed Mendenhall’s negligent handling claim

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. as a “claim arising out of assault, battery, [or] false imprisonment,” 28 U.S.C.

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