Robert James Richards v. Milton Stanley Mileski (Two Cases)

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Circuit Judge;

Robert J. Richards, the plaintiff-appellant, was a career employee with the United States Information Agency (USIA) until 1955, when he resigned under the duress of false charges of homosexual activity. Although Richards acknowledges that he has been aware of the falseness of the charges since 1955, he claims that it was not until 1978, some 23 years after the termination of his employment, that he became aware of knowingly false reports filed by investigators and his superiors that led to the charges and his subsequent…