Title: Kemmet v. Steiner, et al.
Citation: 2019 ND 267
Docket Number: 20190189
State: north-dakota
Issuer: north-dakota Supreme Court
Date: November 20, 2019

2019 ND ____ Terry Kemmet, Plaintiff and Appellant v. Jeanne M. Steiner, Rosellen M. Sand, Governor Doug Burgum, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, WSI Director Brian Klipfel, WSI Employee Barry Schumacher, Others, unknown at present, Defendants and Appellees No. 20190189 Appeal from the District Court of Burleigh County, South Central Judicial District, the Honorable Daniel James Borgen, Judge. AFFIRMED. Per Curiam. Terry Kemmet, self-represented, Tappen, N.D., plantiff and appellant. David R. Phillips, Assistant Attorney General, Bismarck, N.D., for defendants and appellees. 1 Per Curiam. Terry Kemmet appeals from a district court judgment dismissing his complaint against several government defendants. The defendants moved to dismiss the complaint, arguing that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because Kemmet failed to give timely notice of his claim to the director of the Office of Management and Budget, as required by N.D.C.C. § 32-12.2-04. The district court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss on several grounds, including that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction because Kemmet’s notice of claim was untimely under N.D.C.C. § 32-12.2-04. We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(7). Moen v. State, 2003 ND 17, ¶ 5, 656 N.W.2d 671 (“A court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to entertain a lawsuit in the absence of a timely filing of a notice of claim under N.D.C.C. § 32-12.2-04(1).”) Kemmet v. Steiner No. 20190189 Per Curiam. [¶1] Terry Kemmet appeals from a district court judgment dismissing his complaint against several government defendants. The defendants moved to dismiss the complaint, arguing that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because Kemmet failed to give timely notice of his claim to the director of the Office of Management and Budget, as required by N.D.C.C. § 32- 12.2-04. The district court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss on several grounds, including that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction because Kemmet’s notice of claim was untimely under N.D.C.C. § 32-12.2-04. [¶2] We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(7). Moen v. State, 2003 ND 17, ¶ 5, 656 N.W.2d 671 (“A court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to entertain a lawsuit in the absence of a timely filing of a notice of claim under N.D.C.C. § 32-12.2-04(1).”) [¶3] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J. Jerod E. Tufte Daniel J. Crothers Lisa Fair McEvers Jon J. Jensen