Byers v. United States

The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion of the court, per curiam, as follows:

This case is before us on defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s petition because it shows that plaintiff’s claim sounds in tort.

This suit is brought against the Bureau of Prisons, but we treat it as a suit against the United States. However, it is plain that the Court has no jurisdiction of the action even though it had been brought against the United States, because it clearly sounds in tort.

Plaintiff says that he had a claim against all or a part of a fund of $241,076.69, which he alleges was in the…