Opinion
No. 11-17776 D.C. No. 2:11-cv-00901-SRB
12-24-2013
MARLENE JUNE, Conservator for minor and surviving son of deceased in his own right and on behalf of all statutory beneficiaries conservator for A.K.B. deceased, Anthony Edward Booth, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant - Appellee.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
MEMORANDUM
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
Susan R. Bolton, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted December 20, 2013
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
San Francisco, California
Before: THOMAS and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges, and BENNETT, District Judge.
The Honorable Mark W. Bennett, District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, sitting by designation.
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Plaintiff Marlene June, acting as conservator for A.K.B., ("June") appeals the district court's judgment in favor of the United States. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and reverse and remand. Because the parties are familiar with the factual and procedural history of the case, we will not recount it here.
After the district court entered judgment, an en banc panel of this Court held that 28 U.S.C. § 2401(b) of the Federal Tort Claims Act is not jurisdictional and that equitable adjustment of the limitations period in that section is not prohibited. Wong v. Beebe, -- F.3d ---, 2013 WL 5539621 (9th Cir. 2013) (en banc), overruling Marley v. United States, 567 F.3d 1030 (9th Cir. 2009). In light of Wong, we must reverse the district court's contrary ruling and remand for further proceedings consistent with this disposition.
We need not, and do not, reach any other issue urged by the parties on appeal.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.