Rodriguez v. United States

OPINION AND ORDER

GIERBOLINI, Chief Judge.

This action was filed on September 2,1992, pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq. Plaintiffs allege that the U.S. Marshals illegally arrested plaintiff Manuela Rodriguez (“Rodriguez”), failed to bring her before the Magistrate without undue delay, knowing or having serious doubts that she was in reality the fugitive for whom the warrant was issued, and acted tortiously by arresting Rodriguez despite differences in the physical features described in the warrant. On November 25, 1992, the government answered the…