Jean Kaufman v. US

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:12-cv-00237. Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999589668]. Mailed to: J. Kaufman. [15-1122]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-1122

JEAN ELIZABETH KAUFMAN,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern
District of West Virginia, at Bluefield. David A. Faber, Senior
District Judge. (1:12-cv-00237)

Submitted:

May 21, 2015

Decided:

May 26, 2015

Before MOTZ, KING, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jean Elizabeth Kaufman, Appellant Pro Se. John Fulton Gianola,
Stephen
Michael
Horn,
Assistant
United
States
Attorneys,
Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Jean Elizabeth Kaufman appeals the district court’s order
dismissing,

after

a

bench

trial,

her

civil

action

brought

pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346(b),
2671–2680

(West

2006

&

Supp.

2014).

The

district

court

dismissed Kaufman’s complaint because it found that the United
States had not waived its sovereign immunity to suit for the
claims

raised

by

Kaufman

and,

thus,

that

matter jurisdiction over Kaufman’s claims.
record and discern no reversible error.

it

dispense

No.

1:12-cv-00237

with

contentions

are

oral

(S.D.W.

argument

adequately

Va.

because

presented

in

subject

We have reviewed the
Accordingly, we affirm

for the reasons stated by the district court.
States,

lacked

Jan.
the
the

Kaufman v. United
7,

2015).

We

facts

and

legal

materials

before

this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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