Hall v. Air Force

Opinion

Not For Publication in West's Federal Reporter Citation Limited Pursuant to 1st Cir. Loc. R. 32.3

United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit

No. 02-2090

LOIS R. HALL, ET AL.,

Plaintiffs, Appellants,

v.

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, ET AL.,

Defendants, Appellees.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

[Hon. George A. O'Toole, Jr., U.S. District Judge]

Before

Boudin, Chief Judge, Lynch and Howard, Circuit Judges.

Lois R. Hall on brief pro se. Gina Y. Walcott-Torres, Assistant United States Attorney, and Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, on brief for appellees.

August 18, 2003 Per Curiam. After a thorough review of the record and of

the parties' submissions, we allow the appellees' motion for

summary disposition. We affirm the lower court's dismissal on the

ground that plaintiffs/appellants failed to satisfy the

jurisdictional requirement that they first submit their claim to

the appropriate agency in writing. See 28 U.S.C. § 2401(b);

Gonzalez v. United States, 284 F.3d 281, 288 (1st Cir. 2002)

("Pursuant to the FTCA, a tort claim against the United States is

'forever barred' unless it is presented in writing to the

appropriate federal agency within two years after the claim

accrues.") (quoting 28 U.S.C. § 2401(b)).

Affirmed. See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27(c).

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