Miller v. Lykens Borough Authority

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• finding misrepresentation exception barred claim where federal employee intentionally made false statement to plaintiff that he would protect the plaintiff’s land from burning
• affirming the dismissal of an FTCA claim for the Forest Service’s response to a wildfire
• agreeing with 9 the Government’s assertion that “numerous provisions of the FSM… exude discretion by the 10 Forest Service when determining how best to fight wildland fires”
• affirming a district court’s denial 10 for additional jurisdictional discovery on the basis that the requested discovery 11 would not “make a difference to the jurisdictional analysis”
• “[C]laims against the United States for fraud or misrepresentation by a federal officer are absolutely barred . . . .”
• “[D]ecisions regarding whether and how to 28 perform fire suppression operations are discretionary functions 1 rooted in policy . . . .”

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