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Parties Involved:
Butner Federal Medical Center
Appellee
Thomas K. Jenkins
Appellant
United States District Court
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

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No. 19-5037 September Term, 2019

1:18-cv-02678-UNA

Filed On: January 23, 2020

Thomas K. Jenkins,

Appellant

v.

United States District Court, Greenbelt, MD

and Butner Federal Medical Center,

Appellees

ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

BEFORE: Srinivasan and Katsas, Circuit Judges, and Sentelle, Senior Circuit

Judge

J U D G M E N T

This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court

for the District of Columbia and on the brief filed by appellant. See Fed. R. App. P.

34(a)(2); D.C. Cir. Rule 34(j). Upon consideration of the foregoing, and the motion for

injunction and the supplements thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion for injunction be denied. Appellant seeks an

injunction ordering his release from custody. But appellant may challenge the

lawfulness of his custody only by seeking habeas relief in the appropriate forum. See

Chatman-Bey v. Thornburgh, 864 F.2d 804, 809 (D.C. Cir. 1988) (“[P]risoners mounting

a challenge to the lawfulness of their custody are to proceed by means of habeas.”). It

is

FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court’s order filed

January 30, 2019, be affirmed. Appellant has not shown that the district court erred in

dismissing his claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) against the United

States District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland as barred by judicial immunity. See

Sindram v. Suda, 986 F.2d 1459, 1460 (D.C. Cir. 1993) (per curiam). Likewise,

appellant has offered no grounds to challenge the district court’s dismissal of his claims

against the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina, based on sovereign

immunity and his failure to exhaust administrative remedies. See Fed. Deposit Ins.

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United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

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No. 19-5037 September Term, 2019

Corp. v. Meyer, 510 U.S. 471, 478 (1994) (“[T]he United States . . . has not rendered

itself liable under [the FTCA] for constitutional tort claims.”); McNeil v. United States,

508 U.S. 106, 113 (1993) (“The FTCA bars claimants from bringing suit in federal court

until they have exhausted their administrative remedies.”).

Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published. The Clerk

is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after resolution

of any timely petition for rehearing or petition for rehearing en banc. See Fed. R. App.

P. 41(b); D.C. Cir. Rule 41.

Per Curiam

FOR THE COURT:

Mark J. Langer, Clerk 

BY: /s/

Daniel J. Reidy

Deputy Clerk

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