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Parties Involved:
David Osuna
Plaintiff
United States of America
Defendant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

EASTERN DIVISION

DAVID OSUNA, )

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 Plaintiff, )

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v. ) 1:05-cv-01919-KOB-JEO

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

)

Defendant. )

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION

The magistrate judge filed a report and recommendation on February 24, 2006,

recommending that this action be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2680(a). The plaintiff filed objections to the report and recommendation on March 13,

2006. The court finds the plaintiff’s objections to be without merit.

The facts alleged in this action place the plaintiff’s claims clearly within the discretionary

function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act. See Cohen v. United States, 151 F.3d 1338 (11th

Cir. 1998). Citing the Second Circuit decision in Coulthurst v. United States, 214 F.3d 106, the

plaintiff argues that certain types of negligence are not covered by the discretionary function

exception and that “it is easy to imagine a scenario” in which the Talladega prison staff in this

instance committed the type of negligence which would be outside the exception. (Doc. 11, p. 7).

However, in reviewing the plaintiff’s complaint, the court cannot impute “imagined” conduct on the

part of prison officials, but “need only accept well-pleaded facts and reasonable inferences drawn

from those facts.” Oladeinde v. City of Birmingham, 963 F.2d 1481, 1485 (11 Cir. 1992) (internal

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FILED

 2006 Mar-29 AM 09:42

U.S. DISTRICT COURT

N.D. OF ALABAMA

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quotations omitted). Thus, “conclusory allegations, unwarranted factual deductions, or legal

conclusions masquerading as facts will not prevent dismissal.” Davila v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., 326

F.3d 1183 (11 Cir. 2003). 

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Therefore, having carefully reviewed and considered de novo all the materials in the court

file, including the report and recommendation and the objections thereto, the court is of the opinion

that the magistrate judge’s report is due to be and is hereby ADOPTED and the recommendation

is ACCEPTED. Accordingly, the complaint is due to be dismissed for lack of subject matter

jurisdiction, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2680(a). A Final Judgment will be entered.

DATED, this 29th day of March, 2006.

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KARON OWEN BOWDRE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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