The following excerpt is from Franklin v. United States, CASE NO. 1:10-cv-00142-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2011):
Under the Federal Tort Claims Act a claim must be filed with the appropriate federal agency within two years of its accrual and suit must be commenced within six months of the agency's denial of the claim. 28 U.S.C. 2401(b). This administrative exhaustion requirement is mandatory and jurisdictional. McNeil v. United States, 508 U.S. 106, 113
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