1. Certification and Decertification in Connection With Certain Suits Based Upon Acts or Omissions of Federal Employees
RULES: Suits based on acts or omissions of Federal employees and other persons; certification and decertification,
In cases where employees of the Federal government are sued
for money damages based on alleged torts, if the Attorney General
certifies that the employees (and certain nonemployees) were acting
within the scope of their employment at the time, the suit would be
deemed an action against the United States under the Federal Tort
Claims Act. This
