United States v. Whitesell

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BOGUE, Chief Judge.

This case presents a single question of law: whether the United States’ cause of action is time barred by the applicable statute of limitations. If the cause of action accrued on May 1, 1973, as the Defendant contends, the answer is yes; however, if such action accrued on August 25, 1976, as the Plaintiff contends, the answer is no. For the reasons stated below, this Court holds that the Government’s cause of action is not time barred.

I

The United States brought this action to recover on a federally insured student loan. 1 On September 2, 1971, the…