Legal Opinion
Muhammed Kenyatta v. Roy K. Moore, James O. Ingram and Thomas Fitzpatrick
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 29, 1984No. 83-4753PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
A civil rights activist seeks damages from Federal Bureau of Investigation officers for alleged invasion of his federal constitutional rights and for state law torts. The defendants’ motions for summary judgment based on qualified immunity to the federal claims and absolute immunity to the pendent state-law claims were denied. Having twice unsuccessfully sought to appeal the rulings by certification as interlocutory orders under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b), the officers now appeal, contending that the denial of their motion, while collateral, is final in effect and,…
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