Opinion ID: 602903
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Heading: Dismissal of the FBI

Text: 9 Whether or not the FBI was immune from suit is a question of law which we review de novo. Fort Vancouver Plywood Co. v. United States, 747 F.2d 547, 552 (9th Cir.1984). The district court dismissed the FBI as a defendant in this case because it lacked jurisdiction over suits against a federal agency absent express statutory authorization. 10 The law of this circuit compels our affirmance of the court's dismissal. See City of Whittier v. United States Department of Justice, 598 F.2d 561, 562 (9th Cir.1979); accord, Abbott Bldg. Corp. Inc. v. Federal Savings and Loan Ins. Corp., 739 F.Supp. 532 (D.Nev.1990), aff'd, 951 F.2d 191 (9th Cir.1991). Gerritsen's assertion that none of these cases concern the FBI is correct but irrelevant; what matters is that the FBI is a federal agency and that Congress has not revoked its immunity. 3