Posner - FTCA SOL.
A letter to a federal agency complaining about an action of the agency is not sufficient notice of claim under FTCA if there is no demand for compensation.
In assessing the window of opportunity for filing a tort claim against the federal government, the tort-specific limitations displace the general civil suit limitations.
Bivvens time-barred under incorporated state law.
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Since 2011. An occasional commonplacing of the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal.
Neither an authoritative statement of the law nor legal advice. Quick work.