Overcast v. United States Postal Service

ORDER

Deanna Overcast filed an administrative claim against the United States Postal Service pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries she sustained due to the alleged negligence of a postal employee. The Postal Service denied her claim as having been untimely filed. Overcast then filed this suit in the district court seeking recovery under the FTCA. The district court dismissed her claim for lack of jurisdiction, because the administrative claim had not been timely filed. Overcast appeals, and we affirm.

On October 24, 1998, an employee of the Postal Service allegedly injured…