Jerome Jude McGuckin v. United States

FARRIS, Circuit Judge:

McGuckin appeals an order denying rehearing after the district court dismissed his Federal Tort Claims action for failure to name the United States as a defendant and failure to serve the United States Attorney and Attorney General within the six-month statute of limitations. We reverse.

On June 14, 1988, the Bureau of Prisons informed McGuckin by certified mail that it denied his claim for injuries he sustained in a fall at the Federal Correctional Institute in Tucson, Arizona. McGuckin filed a complaint on August 30,1988, naming the United States Department of Justice,…