Michael E. Johnson v. Bruce Babbitt ( 1998 )


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  •                          United States Court of Appeals
    FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
    ___________
    No. 96-4176
    ___________
    Michael Eugene Johnson,                  *
    *
    Appellant,                  *
    *
    v.                                 * Appeal from the United States
    * District Court for the
    Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the          * Eastern District of Missouri.
    Department of the Interior, James H.     *
    Jacobs, an individual; United States     *      [UNPUBLISHED]
    of America,                              *
    *
    Appellees.                  *
    ___________
    Submitted: January 14, 1998
    Filed: March 2, 1998
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    Before McMILLIAN, LOKEN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.
    ___________
    PER CURIAM.
    Michael Eugene Johnson appeals from the district court&s1 order substituting the
    United States as party-defendant, granting defendants& motion for summary judgment
    on his Title VII claim based on a racially hostile work environment, and granting their
    motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction his Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) claims.
    1
    The Honorable Catherine D. Perry, United States District Judge for the Eastern
    District of Missouri.
    Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties& submissions on appeal, we
    conclude that the district court properly substituted the United States and granted
    defendants summary judgment, and we affirm as to those issues on the basis of the
    district court&s thorough opinion. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. We also conclude that the
    dismissal of Johnson&s FTCA claims was proper. Although the district court correctly
    held that Johnson had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies on these claims, we
    affirm the dismissal because the claims are barred by sovereign immunity. See Forrest
    City Mach. Works, Inc. v. United States, 
    953 F.2d 1086
    , 1087 & n.3 (8th Cir. 1992);
    
    28 U.S.C. § 2680
    (h) (FTCA does not apply to any claim “arising out of” libel or
    slander); Moessmer v. United States, 
    760 F.2d 236
    , 237-38 (8th Cir. 1985)
    (dissemination-of-false-information/defamation claim falls within libel and slander
    exception to FTCA waiver of sovereign immunity).
    Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
    A true copy.
    Attest:
    CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
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Document Info

Docket Number: 96-4176

Filed Date: 3/2/1998

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 4/17/2021