United States v. 2006-01-06 | 03-15141 | OLSON VUSA | precedential | opinion |

FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
 JOSEPH OLSON, MONICA OLSON, No. 03-15141
JAVIER VARGAS, D.C. Nos. Plaintiffs-Appellants, CV-01-00663-WDB v. CV-02-00323-WDB
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ORDER
Defendant-Appellee. 
On Remand From
The United States Supreme Court
Filed January 6, 2006
Before: Betty B. Fletcher and Stephen Reinhardt,
Circuit Judges, and Jane A. Restani,* Chief Judge,
United States Court of International Trade.
COUNSEL
Thomas G. Cotter, Haralson, Miller, Pitt, Feldman & Mc-
Anally, P.L.C., for the plaintiffs-appellants.
Peter D. Keisler, Mark B. Stern, and Dana J. Martin, Civil
Division, Department of Justice, and Paul K. Charlton, United
States Attorney, for the defendant-appellee.
*The Honorable Jane A. Restani, Chief Judge, United States Court of
International Trade, sitting by designation.
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ORDER
This case is remanded to the district court for further pro-
ceedings consistent with the decision of the United States
Supreme Court in United States v. Olson, 126 S. Ct. 510
(2005). The plaintiffs-appellants shall be allowed to conduct
discovery on whether the United States can be held liable
under the Federal Tort Claims Act pursuant to a “private per-
sons” analogy.
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