UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 05-1377
JOHN EDWARD INMAN,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at New Bern. Malcolm J. Howard,
District Judge. (CA-03-49-4-H)
Submitted: November 2, 2005 Decided: November 16, 2005
Before WILKINSON, TRAXLER, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Charles K. McCotter, Jr., MCCOTTER, ASHTON & SMITH, P.A., New Bern,
North Carolina, for Appellant. Frank D. Whitney, United States
Attorney, Anne M. Hayes, Neal I. Fowler, Assistant United States
Attorneys, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
John Edward Inman appeals the district court’s order
dismissing his civil action under the Federal Tort Claims Act for
injuries he received in a single vehicle accident on a national
forest road. The district court concluded it lacked subject matter
jurisdiction under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) and the discretionary
function and independent contractor exceptions to the FTCA. We
have reviewed the record and find no reversible error.
Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. See
Inman v. United States, No. CA-03-49-4-H (E.D.N.C. Feb. 9, 2005).
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal
contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the
court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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