Adele Jeter v. the President of the United St

MEMORANDUM

Adele T. Jeter, a.k.a. Adele Jeter-Whea-ton, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction her action alleging copyright infringement. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Rattlesnake Coal. v. U.S. E.P.A., 509 F.3d 1095, 1100 (9th Cir. 2007), and we affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Jeter’s copyright infringement claims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because Jeter alleged those claims against the United States and individuals acting on behalf of the United States, and the Court of Federal Claims therefore has exclusive jurisdiction over those claims. See 28 U.S.C. § 1498 (b).

The district court properly dismissed Jeter’s tort and unjust enrichment claims because Jeter failed to show that she exhausted her administrative remedies as required by the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) before filing suit, and the FTCA does not provide for equitable relief. See F.D.I.C. v. Craft, 157 F.3d 697, 706 (9th Cir. 1998) (“The FTCA is the exclusive remedy for tortious conduct by the United States.... ”); see also Goodman v. United States, 298 F.3d 1048, 1054-55 (9th Cir. 2002) (a…