Are discretionary decisions regarding the scope and manner of investigations by the Department of Justice's inspector general a discretionary function?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Duchac v. United States, Case No.: 19cv2244-LAB (LL) (S.D. Cal. 2021):
1996) (holding that agency decisions regarding the scope and manner of investigations are discretionary, so long as the agency does not violate a mandatory directive); Little v. City of Seattle, 863 F.2d 681, 684 (9th Cir. 1988) (holding that Inspector General's agent's duty to investigate criminal behavior was a discretionary function).
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