Legal Opinion
Richard Merritt & Mary-Jo Merritt v. Shuttle, Inc., U.S. Airways Inc., Terry v. Hallcom, Steven K. Wilson, & United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 3, 2001No. 00-6193PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-appellants Richard Merritt (“Merritt”) and Maiy-Jo Merritt (collectively, “plaintiffs”) appeal from a May 2, 2000 judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Thomas C. Platt, Jr., Judge ) dismissing their action as against all defendants. More specifically, plaintiffs appeal the district court’s sua sponte dismissal of their claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq. (1994), against defendant United States of America (the “United States”) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
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