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15 May 2011, 6:00 am
[People involved include: Victoria Westfall, 17; Officer Morenz, badge 230, ISP; and Marlo White, Alden, Iowa.] [read post]
22 Jan 2007, 10:24 pm
Westfall Act certification is proper when a federal officer charged with misconduct asserts, and the Attorney General concludes, that the incident or episode in suit never occurred. [read post]
24 Apr 2023, 6:00 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog
When this case last reached the Court of Appeals, a 2-1 majority said that the President is an employee of the government under the Westfall Act, formally known as the Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act of 1988. [read post]
31 Jan 2012, 5:39 pm by Elizabeth A. Wilson
  It is also true of the Westfall Amendment to the FTCA. [read post]
18 May 2023, 5:14 am by Josh Blackman, Seth Barrett Tillman
” Another federal law, known as the Westfall Act, has already been interpreted to allow removal of civil cases against members of Congress and the president. [read post]
4 May 2010, 4:02 pm by Anna Christensen
It also rejected respondents’ argument that the Westfall Act exception directly applies to PHS personnel, noting that such a reading would require the Westfall Act to partially repeal the more specific Section 233(a) by implication. [read post]
His lawyer attempted to argue that he was immune from suit so long as he held the office of the presidency, but the state trial judge rejected this argument. [read post]
11 Dec 2017, 8:00 am by Neumann Law Group
The Federal Employees Reform and Tort Compensation Act of 1988, or the “Westfall Act,” 28 U.S.C. [read post]
11 Dec 2017, 8:00 am by Neumann Law Group
The Federal Employees Reform and Tort Compensation Act of 1988, or the “Westfall Act,” 28 U.S.C. [read post]
13 Feb 2017, 9:38 am by CJLF Staff
The suspect drew a pistol and fired at a K-9 officer and 3 officers returned fire. [read post]
29 Feb 2008, 12:05 pm
To be fair, the statute, along similar lines to the federal Westfall Act, provides that any damages claim arising out of the official acts of a corrections officer can be brought in the New York Court of Claims as a claim against the state itself. [read post]
27 Feb 2020, 6:48 am by Will Baude
But in Hernandez, the petitioner foresaw this problem and petitioned the Supreme Court to consider a second question — if there is no Bivens liability, then, he asked: whether the Westfall Act violates the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment insofar as it preempts state-law tort suits for damages against rogue federal law enforcement officers acting within the scope of their employment for which there is no alternative legal remedy. [read post]
10 Jun 2008, 3:37 pm
  The meeting will also be broadcast via satellite to the Rochester, New York area at the Finger Lakes Developmental Disabilities Services office, 620 Westfall Road, Rochester, NY and in New York City at the Developmental Disabilities Regional Office located at 75 Morton Street. [read post]
28 Dec 2016, 8:48 am by Steve Vladeck
”); App. 93a (“Quite plainly, even though Agent Mesa is an immigration law enforcement officer, . . . this is not an immigration case. [read post]
25 Nov 2008, 6:20 pm
"This was a political prosecution," says Greg Westfall of Fort Worth's Westfall, Platt & Cutrer, a lawyer for former Holy Land representative Abdulrahman Odeh. [read post]
18 Dec 2020, 3:09 pm by William K. Berenson
He feels really badly for the family of the deceased,” Westfall said. [read post]
21 May 2017, 10:41 am by Guest Blogger
When the federal officer was acting within the scope of employment, the Westfall Act simultaneously substitutes the United States as the only defendant and immunizes the officer from personal liability. 28 U.S.C. [read post]