Abu-Shawish v. United States

ORDER

Mhammad Abu-Shawish appeals the dismissal of his lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671 to 2680, and Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971), alleging that the United States and federal employees maliciously prosecuted him three times for fraud-related offenses as punishment for his refusal to cooperate in a federal investigation. We affirm.

We assume familiarity with the facts underlying the first two prosecutions for fraud, as set forth in United States v. Abu-Shawish, 175 Fed.Appx. 41 (7th Cir.2006), and United States…