Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 1291 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b) 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b)(1) 28 U.S.C. § 2671 28 U.S.C. § 2674 28 U.S.C. § 2680(a) Supreme Court 467 U.S. 797, 814 486 U.S. 531 499 U.S. 315, 325 Circuit Courts 825 F.2d 257, 259 866 F.2d 287 877 F.2d 846 881 F.2d 895, 898 61 F.3d 787, 789 127 F.3d 1226, 1227-1229 131 F.3d 1407, 1409 144 F.3d 664, 679 146 F.3d 819, 822-824 206 F.3d 980, 987 312 F.3d 1172, 1177-1178 368 F.3d 1214, 1217 376 F.3d 1055, 1057 441 F.3d 1129, 1151 446 F.3d 1036, 1042 462 F.3d 1234, 1238 506 F.3d 1303, 1308 516 F.3d 1217, 1222-1223 523 F.3d 1179, 1183-1184 Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure Fed. R. App. P. 28(a)(9)(A) Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b) Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c) Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(f) Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)