475, 114 S.Ct. 996, 127 L.Ed.2d 308 (1994) (“Absent a waiver, sovereign immunity shields the Federal Government and its agencies from suit.”); Jentoft v. United States, 450 F.3d 1342, 1349 (Fed.Cir.2006) (stating that waivers of sovereign immunity “ ‘cannot be implied but must be unequivocally expressed’” (quoting United States v. King, 395 U.S. 1, 4, 89 S.Ct. 1501, 23 L.Ed.2d 52, (1969))). Although the FTCA waives the sovereign immunity of the United States as to tort claims generally, see 28 U.S.C. § 2674, Section 2680(h) of the Federal Tort Claims Act contains a list of exceptions to the United States’ waiver of sovereign immunity, and Section 2680(h) expressly excludes libel and slander from the coverage of the Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2680(h). Defamation, though not 73, 77 (3d Cir.1978) (<HOLDING>). However, plaintiff does not allege
holding the united states liable under the ftca for exposure of prisoners to prisoner with tuberculosis where the prisoners bodies harbored one or more dormant tubercle bacilli which could later develop into fullfledged cases of tuberculosis holding that routine monitoring and recording of the calls of convicted prisoners does not violate the prisoners fourth amendment rights holding that a prisoners allegations that a corrections officer retaliated against the prisoner for the prisoners report charging the officer with misconduct properly stated a claim for retaliation noting that aji allegation of retaliation should not be ignored simply because the charge was later dismissed  holding the united states liable under the ftca for injuries sustained by a prisoner where the prison guard had confined an altercation between the prisoner and twelve fellow inmates instead of interceding holding that failure to provide prophylactic medication to prevent the possible future development of active tuberculosis is actual injury even though prisoner did not develop active tuberculosis