Popovic v. United States

OPINION

MESSITTE, District Judge.

I

Dr. Milnilas Popovic has sued the United States pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 1346, 2671 et seq. and one of its employees, Dr. Suzanne Hadley, based on Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971). He claims that from 1990 to 1993 the United States, through its Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Hadley in particular, conducted an administrative investigation into his scientific research activities, making charges of scientific misconduct which…