Legal Opinion

Woods v. United States

District Court, E.D. Arkansas

Decided January 3, 2025No. 4:24-cv-00501Unknown

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS CENTRAL DIVISION NICHOLAS LEONARD WOODS PLAINTIFF No. 4:24-cv-501-DPM UNITED STATES of AMERICA DEFENDANT ORDER The United States moves to dismiss this pro se Federal Torts Claims Act case, arguing that this Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction because Woods's lawsuit was premature. While an inmate at FCC Forrest City, Woods fell out of his top bunk. He injured his shoulder. Roughly nine months later, an MRI confirmed that Woods needed surgery for a torn rotator cuff. No surgery was done. Woods was released from custody. He…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Federal Deposit Insurance v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  2. McNeil v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. Mader v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011
  4. T.L., by and Through Her Mother and Next Friend, Katherine Ingram v. United States of America, Oliver Ward, Dr. Tenet Healthsystem Di, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2006
  5. Christine Roth Melo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974

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