Legal Opinion
Violet M. Maahs, and Alfred J. Maahs, Her Husband v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 23, 1988No. 87-3353PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HILL, Circuit Judge:
In this case the sole issue before us is the applicability of Fed.R.Civ.P. 6(a) (“Rule 6(a)”) to 28 U.S.C. § 2401(b) (1982) (“section 2401(b)”), which sets forth the time frame within which a claim can be brought against the federal government pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-80 (1982). If the computation system prescribed in Rule 6(a) applies to section 2401(b), then the claim at issue was timely. If, on the other hand, Rule 6(a) does not apply, then appellants presented their claim too late and the district court correctly dismissed the…
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