Smith v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY SOUTHERN DIVISION (at Pikeville) JONATHAN LEE SMITH, ) ) Plaintiff, ) Civil Action No. 7: 20-094-DCR ) v. ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) MEMORANDUM OPINION ) AND ORDER Defendant. ) ) *** *** *** *** Plaintiff and federal inmate Jonathan Lee Smith is presently confined at the United States Penitentiary (“USP”)-Thomson in Thomson, Illinois. Proceeding without an attorney, Smith filed a Complaint against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act,

28 U.S.C. § 2670

et seq. (“FTCA”). [Record No. 5] The United States responded with a…