Melissa Johnson, an Infant by Barbara Johnson, Her Mother and Natural Guardian and Barbara Johnson, Individually v. United States

MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

Barbara and Melissa Johnson, mother and daughter respectively, appeal from a judgment of the Eastern District of New York, 594 F.Supp. 728, Eugene H. Nickerson, Judge, dismissing their claims against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq. The Johnsons seek damages stemming from the United States Postal Service’s alleged negligence in the employment and supervision of a letter carrier who sexually assaulted the infant Melissa. Judge Nickerson ruled that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because the…