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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 

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FILLD 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEAll9ited States Court of Appeal~ Tenth Circuit 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

DEC 1 5 1992 

L.D . SHEARER, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

v. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Defendant-Appellee. 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk . 

No. 92-6270 

(D.C. No. CIV-92-269-W) 

(W.D. Oklahoma) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before LOGAN, MOORE, and BRORBY, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App . P. 

34 (e) ; 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The cause is therefore ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

This appeal is from the dismissal of an action asserting a 

claim of negligence arising from a surgical procedure performed 

upon plaintiff by U.S. Navy surgeons in a Navy hospital while 

*This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall n ot 

be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, except 

for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of the case, 

res judicata, or collateral estoppel . 10th Cir. R. 36.3. 

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plaintiff was a member of the Navy. The district court ruled the 

action is barred by Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135 (1950) . 

We agree. Plaintiff's attempt to distinguish Feres is 

unpersuasive and borders on the frivolous. 

AFFIRMED. 

Entered for the Court 

John P. Moore 

Circuit Judge 

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