Legal Opinion
Samuel H. Myles v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 20, 2005No. 02-3944PublishedCited by 486 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
While confined in the federal prison at Terre Haute, Indiana, Samuel Myles was beaten by other inmates. Contending that guards negligently had failed to protect him, Myles sought compensation under the Federal Tort Claims Act. Rejecting his application on October 22, 2001, the Bureau of Prisons told Myles that, if he wanted to pursue this claim in court, he had six months to file suit. See 28 U.S.C. § 2401(b). Eleven months later, Myles filed this suit. The district judge screened the complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and dismissed it as untimely.
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