Legal Opinion
Nguyen v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 21, 2008No. 07-12874PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
Although neither party has petitioned for rehearing, we rescind our earlier opinion in this case, Nguyen v. United States, 545 F.3d 1282 (11th Cir.2008), and substitute this one for it.
This appeal brings us the question of whether the waiver of sovereign immunity in the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), extends to claims of false arrest, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution arising from the acts or omissions of federal investigative or law enforcement officers. See id. § 2680(h). The facts of this case show why Congress has chosen to waive the…
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