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Parties Involved:
Merrilee Bath
Appellant
William Bath
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-51247

Summary Calendar

WILLIAM BATH; MERRILEE BATH,

 Plaintiffs–Appellants,

versus

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Defendant–Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. 5:13-CV-335

Before SMITH, WIENER, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

William and Merrill Bath sued under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 

alleging negligent medical care at a veterans’ hospital. The district court 

granted the government’s motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) “because the plaintiffs failed to present 

their administrative claims within two years of accrual as required by the 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

April 13, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

 

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FTCA.” The district court explained its ruling in a brief but sufficiently thorough and convincing Memorandum Opinion filed September 23, 2014. The 

court correctly reasoned, based on undisputed facts, that Mr. Bath knew of the 

injury well before filing his administrative claim.

The judgment of dismissal is AFFIRMED, essentially for the reasons 

advanced by the district court.

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