Dominga G. Soto v. United States

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DOMINGA G. SOTO, Case No.: 2:22-cv-03607-AB-RAO

11 FINDINGS OF FACT AND Plaintiffs,

CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AFTER

12 BENCH TRIAL v. 13

14 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff Dominga G. Soto (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant United States of America 18 (“Defendant”) appeared for a bench trial on July 11-13, 2023. The parties filed their 19 proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law. See Dkt. Nos. 80, 82.1 Pursuant to 20 Fed. R. Civ. P. 52, the Court renders its Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law. 21 I. BACKGROUND 22 Plaintiff Dominga G. Soto (“Plaintiff”) brings this Federal Tort Claims Act 23 (“FTCA”) negligence action concerning a parcel that was delivered to her home on 24

25 1 The Transcripts are at Dkt. Nos. 85-87. Defendant cites the transcripts as Tr. 1, Tr. 2, 26 and Tr. 3. Plaintiff’s citations are to the witness’s testimony, e.g., “D. Soto Tr. Test.” 27 The Court maintains the parties’ differing citation conventions.…