Ruby Humphreys, Administratrix of the Estate of William Orvie Humphreys, Deceased v. United States

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• holding that a voluntary dismissal under Rule 41(a)(2) does not toll the statute of limitations under the Federal Tort Claims Act
• holding that a voluntary dismissal under Rule 41(a)(2) does not toll the statute of limitations under the Federal Tort Claims Act
• holding \the District Court has no jurisdiction over [an untimely FTCA] action\ \once the two-year period of limitations has run.\
• noting that, in the context of voluntary dismissal, a “suit 28 dismissed without prejudice . . . leaves the situation the same as if the suit had never been brought in the first place”
• filing of Federal court suit subsequently voluntarily dismissed in order to refile in more convenient forum does not toll statute
• \[A] suit dismissed without prejudice pursuant to Rule 41(a)(2) leaves the situation the same as if the suit had never been brought in the first place.\

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