Englerius v. Veterans Administration

837 F.2d 895 Maximus T. ENGLERIUS, and the Fraternal Order of the Deer, Inc., Plaintiffs- Appellants, v. VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, and Veterans Administration Hospital (Beacon Hill, Seattle, WA), Defendants-Appellees. No. 85-3577. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 4, 1987. Decided Jan. 28, 1988. Maximus T. Englerius, pro se. Robert Taylor and Charles Pinnell, Asst. U.S. Attys., Seattle, Wash., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before CANBY, REINHARDT and BEEZER, Circuit Judges. REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: 1 Maximus Englerius appeals pro se the dismissal of his suit against the Veterans Administration for violation of the Privacy Act of 1974. 1 5 U.S.C. Sec. 552a (1982). The district court dismissed the complaint as barred by the Act's two-year statute of limitations. Id. Sec. 552a(g)(5). 2 According to his complaint, which he filed under his former name Thomas P. Rallo, Englerius went to the Seattle Veterans Administration Hospital in January 1981 seeking medical treatment for a neck and back injury. Englerius asserts that his disability payments for his physical…