Case Name: Allen PAYNE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-01-22
Citations: 360 F. App'x 727
Docket Number: No. 09-1683
Parties: Allen PAYNE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
Judges: Before MELLOY, BOWMAN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 360
Pages: 727–727

Head Matter:
Allen PAYNE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
No. 09-1683.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Jan. 19, 2010.
Filed: Jan. 22, 2010.
Allen Payne, Kansas City, MO, pro se.
Jerry L. Short, Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO (Matt J. Whitworth, Acting U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.
Before MELLOY, BOWMAN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Allen Payne appeals the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment in his Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) suit. We conclude that summary judgment was proper, because the record shows that Payne seeks damages for injuries arising out of his exposure to Agent Orange while he was serving in Vietnam. Accordingly, his suit is barred under Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135, 146, 71 S.Ct. 153, 95 L.Ed. 152 (1950) (United States is not liable under FTCA for injuries to servicemen where injuries arise out of or are sustained in course of activity incident to service). See Saulsberry v. St. Mary's Univ. of Minn., 318 F.3d 862, 866 (8th Cir.2003) (appellate court may affirm on any basis supported by record); Brown v. United States, 151 F.3d 800, 803-04 (8th Cir.1998) (injury is incident to service if it arises because of injured's military relationship with government; Feres doctrine limits scope of FTCA's waiver of sovereign immunity and is jurisdictional); Wood v. United States, 968 F.2d 738, 739 (8th Cir. 1992) (under Feres doctrine, claims under FTCA, negligence claims, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims, and claims brought under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971), are nonjusticiable if they involve injuries arising out of or in course of activity incident to military service).
Accordingly, we affirm the district court's judgment.
. The Honorable Greg Kays, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.