Brown v. United States

MEMORANDUM ORDER AND OPINION

CHRISTINE O.C. MILLER, Judge.

This ease is before the court after briefing on defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to RCFC 12(b)(1).1 Plaintiff has alleged that an agent of the Bureau of Prisons lost plaintiffs personal property while plaintiff was an inmate in a United States Penitentiary. Defendant asserts that plaintiffs claims are not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States Court of Federal Claims under the Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1491(a)(1) (2000).

FACTS

Brian L. Brown (“plaintiff”) is an inmate incarcerated at a…