Authorities Cited: United States Code 18 U.S.C. § 4042 28 U.S.C. § 1346 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b)(1) 28 U.S.C. § 2671 28 U.S.C. § 2680 Code of Federal Regulations 28 C.F.R. § 524.70 28 C.F.R. § 524.72(f) 28 C.F.R. § 553.14(b) Supreme Court 374 U.S. 150, 164-165 498 U.S. 89, 93-96 499 U.S. 315, 322-324 502 U.S. 301, 305 508 U.S. 106, 112 Circuit Courts 486 F.2d 284, 288-289 924 F.2d 193, 194 950 F.2d 1295, 1297 955 F.2d 776, 786 972 F.2d 247, 248-249 39 F.3d 1420, 1433 123 F.3d 947 151 F.3d 1338, 1344-1345 167 F.3d 381 214 F.3d 408, 415-416 242 F.3d 600, 604 270 F.3d 1129, 1132-1133 275 F.3d 1208, 1210 326 F.3d 10 335 F.3d 652, 658 349 F.3d 418, 424-431 473 F.3d 769, 772 486 F.3d 1017, 1021