Norman Shelton v. Bryan Bledsoe

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• ruling that “ascertainability is not a requirement for class certification of a (b)(2) class seeking only injunctive or declaratory relief”
• providing that a plaintiff’s “failure to exhaust [administrative remedies] deprive[s] the court of jurisdiction to hear [an FTCA] claim.”
• finding that the district court properly dismissed FTCA claim where the plaintiff filed federal action prior to exhausting administrative remedies
• explaining that district courts typically allow requests for further discovery “as a matter of course”
• stating that summary judgment may be granted if the nonmoving party did not file an adequate affidavit or declaration under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(d)
• concluding that a declaration from agency counsel stating that his search of the administrative claims database showed that the plaintiff had not filed an administrative tort claim was sufficient to establish that the district court lacked jurisdiction due to the plaintiff’s failure to exhaust

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).