U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2025

Leann Dykes v. National Institutes of Health

Leann Dykes v. National Institutes of Health
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Decided April 18, 2025

Leann Dykes v. National Institutes of Health

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 24-1446 ___________________________ Leann M. Dykes lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant v. National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; United States lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees Ecohealth Alliance lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri ____________ Submitted: April 15, 2025 Filed: April 18, 2025 [Unpublished] ____________ Before BENTON, SHEPHERD, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM.

Leann Dykes appeals after the district court1 dismissed her action under the Federal Tort Claims Act for lack of jurisdiction. After careful review of the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude the district court properly determined it lacked jurisdiction to review Dykes’s claim. See Blais v. United States, 37 F.4th 502, 503 (8th Cir. 2022) (reviewing de novo grant of motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction).

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

The Honorable Brian C. Wimes, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.

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