Legal Opinion
Watson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 31, 2017No. 16-655(L)PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Circuit Judge:
Davino Watson, a United States citizen, was held in immigration custody for three- and-a-half years on the mistaken belief that he was a deportable alien. He sued under the Federal Tort Claims Act (the “FTCA”) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Weinstein, Ji), asserting false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, and two negligence claims. One negligence claim is that immigration officials conducted a negligent investigation into Watson’s citizenship status; the other is that the government negligently failed to deliver a certificate…
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