Legal Opinion
Ritchie v. United States
District Court, N.D. California
Decided July 1, 2002No. C 00-03940 MHPPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
PATEL, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Wayne A. Ritchie initially filed this action against the United States of America under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq. (“FTCA”), and against Robert V. Lashbrook and Ike Feldman under the First, Fourth, Fifth and Eighth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Plaintiff alleges that the Central Intelligence Agency and the Bureau of Narcotics tested psychoactive drugs on unknowing and unwitting American citizens including plaintiff during the 1950s. Plaintiff seeks twelve-million dollars in compensatory damages as well…
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