Federal worker injury claims
Gengshu Scott He v. Rubio
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Federal employee Gengshu Scott He and other plaintiffs seek common-law relief from the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
- Who it affects
- He and the other plaintiffs did not get Supreme Court review of their petition; the Court did not rule on the FECA question.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Their petition asks whether the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act requires a district court to let executive officials decide He’s claim even though he alleges no disability or death and says his damages were not sustained while performing his duties.
He’s claim seeks common-law relief under the Federal Tort Claims Act, and the question is whether FECA requires executive officials to decide it instead of the district court.
Question presented
Whether the Federal Employees Compensation Act, 5 U.S.C. § 8101, et seq. (“FECA”), requires a federal district court to allow the executive branch to decide a claim by a federal government employee who seeks relief against the United States under common law pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-80 (“FTCA”), and who alleges neither “disability,” nor “death,” nor that his common law damages were “sustained while in the performance of his duty,” as those terms are used in Section 8102(a) of FECA?
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