Blain v. United States

552 F.2d 289 Ray M. BLAIN and Susie J. Blain et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES of America, the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Forestry Service, Defendants-Appellees. No. 75-3376. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. March 28, 1977. Terry J. Knoepp, U. S. Atty., Peter W. Bowie, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., Morton Hollander, Neil H. Koslowe, Atty., Civ. Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., argued, for defendants-appellees. Walter S. Weiss, Barry Zalma, Long & Levit, Los Angeles, Cal., argued, for plaintiffs-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Before TRASK, WALLACE and SNEED, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 Plaintiffs' action against the United States for property damage was dismissed. They contend before us that the district judge erred in holding that a class claim filed by a non-plaintiff does not fulfill the administrative claim requirement of 28 U.S.C. § 2675 . We affirm. 2 The plaintiffs contend that in September 1970 there was a forest fire in the Cleveland National Forest, near San Diego, California, caused by the…