PATTERSON v. U.S.

No. 05-2093.

451 F.3d 268 (2006)

Catherine Deegan PATTERSON, Individually and as the Administratrix of the Estate of Edward "Teddy" Deegan, and Yvonne Deegan Gioka, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America and Dennis Condon, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 22, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. Denver, with whom Rossman & Rossman was on brief for appellants.

Joshua P. Waldman, Department of Justice, with whom Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, and Robert S. Greenspan, Department of Justice, were on brief for appellee.

Before LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.


CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.

Catherine Deegan Patterson and Yvonne Deegan Gioka appeal from the district court judgment which dismissed their Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) complaint due to their failure to file within the applicable two-year statute of limitations. See 28 U.S.C. § 2401(b). We affirm.

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BACKGROUND

In March 1965, two FBI informants— Vincent Flemmi and Joseph Barboza—murdered Edward "Teddy"...

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