Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. Sarabyn
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 24, 1997No. 96-50463PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
Defendants-appellants bring this interlocutory appeal to challenge the district court’s order finding that they were not acting within the scope of their federal employment. We affirm in part and vacate in part the district court’s order and remand this case for further proceedings.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
A. Procedural Posture
This litigation stems from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas on February 28, 1993. In February 1995, plaintiff-appellee Robert Rodriguez, an ATF agent, filed suit against…
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