PANHORST v. U.S.

No. 99-2300.

241 F.3d 367 (2001)

Lisa PANHORST; Joanne Jones; John M. Jones, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Marc Simon Moller, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York, NY, for Appellants. Mary McElroy Leach, Senior Trial Counsel, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Henry Gluckstern, Special, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York, NY; Stanley P. Kops, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants. David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Lynne A. Battaglia, United States Attorney, Jeffrey Axelrad, Director, Torts Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Appellee.

Before NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by published opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge TRAXLER joined.

OPINION

LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:

The appellants, Lisa Jones Panhorst and her parents, appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment to the United States in an action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act. We hold that appellants' notice of appeal was untimely and that the limited "unique...

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