(PS) Manning v. United States

I. BACKGROUND

25 A. Allegations of the Complaint 26 Plaintiff Anthony L. Manning is a former active duty member of the United States Navy 27 and is now a military veteran. ECF No. 6 at 1 (Second Amended Complaint). Plaintiff states that 28 the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (“USVA”) received his Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) notice on August 27, 2018 and responded with a denial on September 25, 2018. Id. Plaintiff filed suit on March 20, 2019. Id. at 2; ECF No. 1. Plaintiff states that he is suing the USVA for “two counts of medical negligence.” ECF No. 6 at 2. Plaintiff alleges he was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (“PTSD”) and received treatment from Dr. Amy Fuglei, a medical doctor employed by the USVA. Id. at 2. Dr. Fuglei prescribed plaintiff an anxiety medication, Propranolol HCL, although an evaluation from a private specialist in PTSD, Dr. John Issacs, stated that plaintiff had depression. Id. The medical evaluation of plaintiff’s depression was submitted to the USVA, but the USVA failed to properly treat it and the illness worsened. Id. Because of this, plaintiff had difficulty sustaining…