The following excerpt is from Knox v. U.S. Customs & Border Prot. & Micah Bennett, Case No.: 18-cv-0030-AJB-AGS (S.D. Cal. 2018):
Further, courts look to state law to define the actionable wrong for which the United States is liable under the FTCA. Poindexter v. United States, 647 F.2d 34, 36 (9th Cir.
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