Legal Opinion
Timmy Jones v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 16, 2013No. 12-3275PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENTON, Circuit Judge.
The Department of Veterans Affairs improperly withheld Timmy Jones’s benefits beginning in 2006. It believed he had an outstanding warrant. Over the next three years, he tried to get the VA to restore his benefits, In 2012, he sued under the Federal Tort Claims Act, alleging negligent withholding of benefits. The district court 1 dismissed Jones’s case for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.
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The district court decided this case on a motion for “lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1).'…
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