Braun Thompson v. United States of America

NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION
To be cited only in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1
United States Court of Appeals
For the Seventh Circuit
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Submitted July 11, 2025 *
Decided July 14, 2025
Before
FRANK H. EASTERBROOK , Circuit Judge
T HOMAS L. KIRSCH II, Circuit Judge
J OHN Z. LEE , Circuit Judge
No. 25-1445
BRAUN T HOMPSON,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
U NITED STATES OF A MERICA ,
Defendant-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States
District Court for the Southern
District of Illinois.
No. 22-cv-1062-JPG
J. Phil Gilbert,
Judge.
O R D E R
Last December we held that compliance with the Federal Tort Claims Act’s
administrative-exhaustion requirement is not excused by a prisoner’s professed
inability to use or understand a computer system that would have shown him how to
file a proper administrative claim. Thompson v. United States, No. 24-1495 (7th Cir. Dec.
4, 2024) (nonprecedential disposition).
* This successive appeal has been submitted to the original panel under Operating Procedure 6(b). We
have unanimously agreed to decide this case without argument because the brief and record adequately
present the facts and legal arguments, and argument would not significantly aid the court. See Fed. R.
App. P. 34(a)(2)(C).

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No. 25-1445 Page 2
Braun Thompson, who lost that decision, filed a second suit under the Tort
Claims Act. The district court ruled against him for the same reason: failure to make a
proper administrative claim. Thompson concedes on appeal that he did not file the
required claim in the required way but maintains that this omission must be excused.
We have already addressed these arguments. They fare no better now than they
did last December. For the reasons given in that order, the judgment of the district court
is AFFIRMED.

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