Lois R. Hall v. Hanscom Air Force Base

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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

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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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