Case Name: Merrek MASON, by and through his parents; Rick MASON; Julie Mason; Kelsie Mason, by and through her parents Rick & Julie Mason, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-06-09
Citations: 184 F. App'x 633
Docket Number: No. 04-35850
Parties: Merrek MASON, by and through his parents; Rick MASON; Julie Mason; Kelsie Mason, by and through her parents Rick & Julie Mason, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: TALLMAN and BYBEE, Circuit Judges, and HUFF, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 184
Pages: 633–633

Head Matter:
Merrek MASON, by and through his parents; Rick MASON; Julie Mason; Kelsie Mason, by and through her parents Rick & Julie Mason, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 04-35850.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted June 6, 2006.
Filed June 9, 2006.
Carl Taylor Lopez, Esq., Lopez & Fan-tel, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Eugene A. Studer, Esq., USTA-Offiee of the U.S. Attorney, Tacoma, WA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: TALLMAN and BYBEE, Circuit Judges, and HUFF, District Judge.
The Honorable Marilyn L. Huff, Chief United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
The Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge manager exercised discretion as contemplated by the discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), 2671-80, in deciding which natural features constituted safety hazards in need of warning and how such warning should be given. We think this case is closest to the following line of warning cases: Childers v. United States, 40 F.3d 973, 975-76 (9th Cir.1995), Valdez v. United States, 56 F.3d 1177, 1180 (9th Cir.1995), and Blackburn v. United States, 100 F.3d 1426, 1430 (9th Cir.1996). The decision of the manager "involve[d] the permissible exercise of policy judgment." Berkovitz v. United States, 486 U.S. 531, 537, 108 S.Ct. 1954, 100 L.Ed.2d 531 (1988); see Blackburn, 100 F.3d at 1433-34. Accordingly, the district court did not err in dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the discretionary function exception to the FTCA.
AFFIRMED.
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