Court Opinion

ID: 9448653
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 23:42:21.970964+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:31:31.266508
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On Rehearing en Banc
Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and CLARK, ■ WATERMAN, MOORE, FRIENDLY, SMITH, KAUFMAN, HAYS and MARSHALL, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
As in Winston v. United States, decided en banc this day, the question presented by this case is whether an in*288mate in a federal penitentiary may sue the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2674-2680 (1958). The case was originally heard by a panel consisting of Judges Clark, Hincks and Kaufman and the question was resolved, Judge Kaufman dissenting, in favor of the right of a prisoner to sue. The facts are stated in Judge Hincks’ opinion reported at 305 F.2d 286.
The order of the district court holding federal prisoners to be outside the scope of the Act is reversed on Judge Hincks’ opinion and on the opinion" of the court en banc in Winston v. United States.