HENDERSON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 84-1476, 84-1554.

785 F.2d 121 (1986)

Anna Mae R. HENDERSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Anne Marie HENDERSON, by her Guardian Ad Litem, Anna Marie R. HENDERSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold S. Goodstein (Diane Schafer Goodstein, on brief), for appellant.

Robert H. Bickerton, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Henry Dargan McMaster, U.S. Atty., on brief), for appellee.

Before WIDENER, ERVIN and SNEEDEN, Circuit Judges.


SNEEDEN, Circuit Judge:

In this Federal Tort Claims Act case, appellants1 contest the lower court's dismissal of their suits for failure to timely file an administrative claim with the appropriate federal agency. We agree that appellants did not file an administrative claim within the period required by law. The decision below will therefore be affirmed.

I.

On March 14, 1980, the plaintiff-appellants ["appellants"] were...

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