Opinion ID: 2976624
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Heading: James Myers’s Claims

Text: Having held that Eckert’s claim is time-barred because the Postal Service adequately complied with its duty to inform her via certified mail of the denial of her administrative claim, Myers’s claim is also in dire straits. Either the claim form signed by Eckert was joint in nature, and Myers’s claim is barred for the same reasons Eckert’s claim is barred – the six-month statute of limitations, see 28 U.S.C. § 2401(b), – or Eckert’s administrative claim was individual in nature, and Myers’s claim runs afoul of the Federal Tort Claims Act that requires that he submit an administrative claim within two years of the incident prior to pursuing an action in district court, see 28 U.S.C. § 2675(a). Under either theory, we hold that Myers’s claim is barred.