Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2017-07-18 00:01:08.803409+00
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Case: 17-30147      Document: 00514076175         Page: 1    Date Filed: 07/17/2017

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
                                                                          United States Court of Appeals

                                    No. 17-30147
                                                                                   Fifth Circuit

                                                                                 FILED
                                  Summary Calendar                           July 17, 2017
                                                                            Lyle W. Cayce
JANICE MORVANT; MARCUS P. MORVANT,                                               Clerk

              Plaintiffs - Appellants

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

              Defendant - Appellee

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Western District of Louisiana
                             USDC No. 6:16-CV-215

Before REAVLEY, OWEN, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
       The judgment of the district court is affirmed for the reasons given in the
magistrate judge’s report. The Plaintiff failed to file a claim within two years
given notice of an incident and a claim for money damages in a sum certain.
This requirement has been repeated by this court several times. Despite
Plaintiff’s contention here, the regulation repeats the same requirement. 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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.
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argument that the “sum certain” was not known within two years does not
satisfy the legal requirement.
      AFFIRMED.

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