The following excerpt is from S.H. v. United States, No. CIV. S-11-1963 LKK DAD (E.D. Cal. 2013):
6. See, e.g., Richardson v. U.S., 943 F.2d 1107, 1113-14 (9th Cir. 1991) (if an exception to the waiver of sovereign immunity applies, the court must dismiss the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction).
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