GONZALEZ-BERNAL v. U.S.

No. 89-1894.

907 F.2d 246 (1990)

Carmen Delia GONZALEZ-BERNAL, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 3, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gabriel Peñagarícano, with whom Juan T. Peñagarícano, Jr., Luis A. González and Santiago Gutiérrez Armstrong, were on brief for plaintiffs, appellants.

Osvaldo Carlo-Linares, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Daniel F. López-Romo, U.S. Atty., was on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and CYR, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico's dismissal of an amended complaint against the United States and the United States Customs Service which appellants based on the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq. The ground for dismissal was that appellants' action is time barred. We agree with the district court and thus, affirm.

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