[RitaOK]

There it is. Thanks very much for your dig.

Sovereign immunity. Thanks.

[stylin19a]

probably should have included one of the filings.

https://casetext.com/case/sharratt-v-murtha

"For the foregoing reasons, we hereby vacate the District Court's order denying certification pending discovery and remand the case with instructions to the District Court to substitute the United States as the defendant in place of Congressman Murtha.   Because the FTCA excepts tort claims “arising out of ․ libel [or] slander,” 28 U.S.C. § 2680(h), from the Government's sovereign immunity waiver, Wuterich's case is barred by sovereign immunity.   Accordingly, the District Court will be required to dismiss the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge EDWARDS."