Annie Lenora Shannon v. United States of America and Prudential Insurance Company of America

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the district court’s dismissal of a suit against the United States and Prudential Life Insurance Company. The suit arises from a dispute over the proceeds of insurance coverage on the life of a soldier, provided under a group policy purchased from Prudential by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs under the Servicemen’s Group Life Insurance Act, 38 U.S.C. § 765 et seq. The district court dismissed the Amended Complaint, holding that the United States was not a proper party because the claim asserted against it was not one for which the United…