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Parties Involved:
Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System
Defendant
E. K. Wade
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

E. K. WADE,

Plaintiff,

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VETERANS AFFAIRS NORTHERN

CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM,

Defendant.

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No. C 05-05361 CRB

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Now before the Court is defendants’ motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter

jurisdiction pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) or, in the alternative, for

failure to state a claim under Rule 12(b)(6). Plaintiff has not opposed this motion. Pursuant

to Local Rule 7-1(b), the Court finds that oral argument is unnecessary and GRANTS

defendant’s motion. 

On February 15, 2006, the Court issued an Order dismissing a related case for lack of

subject matter jurisdiction. See Wade v. Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care

System, No. C 05-4960 CRB (Docket No. 13). The same reasoning is equally applicable

here: In a claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act, plaintiff must allow six months after

filing an administrative claim with the appropriate federal agency before filing a lawsuit. 

Here, however, plaintiff has not shown that he exhausted his administrative remedies before 

filing suit. Consequently, the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over this matter and the 

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motion is therefore GRANTED without prejudice. According to a declaration submitted by

defendant’s counsel, plaintiff filed an administrative claim on October 31, 2005. See Decl.

of Jonathan U. Lee ¶ 3. If that is indeed the case, plaintiff may not re-file this lawsuit until

after April 30, 2006. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 31, 2006 

 

CHARLES R. BREYER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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