Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Victor John GOMEZ, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1967-05-31
Citations: 378 F.2d 938
Docket Number: No. 9125
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Victor John GOMEZ, Appellee.
Judges: Before MURRAH, PICKETT and BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 378
Pages: 938–939

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Victor John GOMEZ, Appellee.
No. 9125.
United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.
May 31, 1967.
See also, D.C., 243 F.Supp. 145.
J. F. Bishop, Washington, D. C. (Barefoot Sanders, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lawrence M. Henry, U. S. Atty., and Morton Hollander, Atty., Dept, of Justice, were with him on the brief), for appellant.
John S. Carroll, Denver, Colo. (Walter L. Gerash, Denver, Colo., was with him on the brief), for appellee.
Before MURRAH, PICKETT and BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellee-plaintiff recovered a $15,000 judgment against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U. S.C. § 1346(b), 2671 et seq. The award was for injuries sustained in the operation of a power saw while he was engaged in work on a prison construction crew as a federal prisoner in a federal correctional institution. The trial court concluded that such recovery was proper under United States v. Muniz, 374 U. S. 150, 83 S.Ct. 1850, 10 L.Ed.2d 805. After the judgment was entered, the Supreme Court of the United States held in United States v. Demko, 385 U.S. 149, 87 S.Ct. 382, 17 L.Ed.2d 258, that the compensation benefits provided by 18 U.S.C. § 4126 constitute the exclusive remedy for injuries received by federal prisoners while performing assigned prison tasks. That decision precludes recovery under the Federal Tort Claims Act in the instant case.
The judgment is reversed and the case remanded with directions to dismiss the action.