Legal Opinion
Garza v. United States Bureau of Prisons
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 27, 2002No. 01-2449PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Ruben Garza, personal representative for the Estate of Gloria Garza Regalado (hereinafter referred to as either “the Estate” or “Garza”), appeals from the district court’s 1 dismissal of the Estate’s wrongful death suit against the United States Bureau of Prisons (Bureau). The district court held that the suit was barred by the Federal Tort Claims Act’s two-year statute of limitations, 28 U.S.C. § 2401(b). Garza argues that the claim was brought within the statute of limitations because it did not accrue until he discovered that an individual whose alleged tortious…
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