Dane T. Roundtree v. United States of America, in Re Lawrence B. Smith, Dane T. Roundtree v. United States

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• noting defamation 14 claim “is barred by the express language of the FTCA”
• where statute vests courts of appeals with exclusive review, “failure to obtain relief in those courts [does] not free [an aggrieved party] to bring an action in the district court”
• “[T]he United States cannot be sued on the theory that there has been a violation of [plaintiff’s] constitutional rights.”
• “[I]t is pellucid that the United States cannot be 20 sued [under the FTCA] on the theory that there has been a violation of Roundtree's constitutional 21 rights.”
• defamation claim was “barred by the express language of the FTCA.”
• “Because Rule 11 sanctions should be imposed 10 with caution … a just and practicable application of the amended Rule 11 requires that the 11 district court be afforded an opportunity to exercise its discretion whether to impose sanctions 12 under the amended version.”

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