( March 13, 2024, 12:22 PM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — The United States should not be substituted as the defendant in a negligence case brought against a man who allegedly caused a motor vehicle accident in a car owned by the Tule River Indian Tribe because the man was acting outside the scope of his employment and his work for the tribe was not covered by the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), a California federal magistrate judge found in recommending that the man’s motion to dismiss be denied....