O'Ferrell v. United States

POLLAK, District Judge:

Plaintiffs Robert Wayne O’Ferrell and Mary Anne Martin (formerly Mary Anne O’Ferrell) 1 appeal from the District Court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing a portion of their lawsuit, and from the District Court’s subsequent dismissal of the balance of the lawsuit after a bench trial. The lawsuit was based on actions taken by federal law enforcement agents in 1990 when the plaintiffs were targets of a massive investigation of a group of mail bombings and attempted mail bombings that took place in December of 1989.

Tragically, two of the mail bombs hit their targets. On…