Hayden v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION

(February 26, 2014) [Dkt. # 14]

RICHARD J. LEON, DISTRICT JUDGE.

Pemelia Hayden (“plaintiff’) is suing the United States of America (“defendant” or “the government”) under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b)(1) and 2671-2680, for injuries that she allegedly sustained when she slipped and fell at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (‘Walter Reed”). See generally Compl. [Dkt. # 1]. The government moves to dismiss or alternatively for summary judgment. See Def.’s Mot. to Dismiss for Failure to Prosecute, or in the Alternative Mot. for Summ. J. (“Mot. to…