K.E.S. v. United States

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in this case, a young woman now in her mid-twenties, commenced this damage action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-80 (FTCA), alleging injuries stemming from an Army recruiter’s repeated acts of sexual abuse and misconduct. The District Court 1 dismissed with prejudice, concluding that the action is barred by the two-year statute of limitations governing tort claims against the government. See 28 U.S.C. § 2401(b). Plaintiff appeals. We affirm.

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In the summer of 1985, plaintiff requested information on Army opportunities. Sergeant…