Legal Opinion
Dennis Harold Mundt v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 3, 1980No. 77-1519PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Dennis Mundt appeals from a summary judgment entered against him on his suit for false imprisonment under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b) and § 2680(h). Mundt claimed that he had been illegally detained beyond the expiration of his sentence for postal offenses. Because we conclude that Mundt did not establish a prima facie case of false imprisonment under Arizona law, we affirm.
In 1973 Mundt was indicted for assault, forgery and postal offenses. When he refused to furnish handwriting exemplars, Mundt was held in civil contempt and ordered to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Cullison v. City of PeoriaArizona Supreme Court · 1978
- Slade v. City of PhoenixArizona Supreme Court · 1975
- Harry Joseph Payne v. Paul J. Madigan, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz, CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
- United States v. Catherine Decamp, Truck Insurance Exchange, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Montana · 1980
- Evelyn A. Poindexter v. United States of America, Jon F. Goulding v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
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