The following excerpt is from Van Den Heuvel v. United States, No. 2:14-cv-1555-TLN-EFB PS (E.D. Cal. 2015):
"Certification by the Attorney General is prima facie evidence that a federal employee was acting in the scope of [his] employment at the time of the incident and is conclusive unless challenged." Billings v. United States, 57 F.3d 797, 800 (9th Cir. 1995) (citing Green v. Hall, 8 F.3d 695, 698 (9th Cir. 1993)).
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