Legal Opinion
Rakes v. United States
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 3, 2005No. CIV.A.02-10480-WGY, CIV.A.02-10867-WGYPublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, Chief Judge.
This case consolidates two separate suits, essentially alleging the same misconduct. Julie Rakes Dammers (“Dam-mers”), her former husband Stephen Rakes (“Rakes”), and other members of the Rakes family brought suits against the United States of America (the “United States”), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (the “Bureau”), Federal Bureau of Investigation agents John J. Connolly, Jr. (“Connolly”) and John M. Morris (“Morris”), and others. Dammers and the Rakes family claim that Bureau agents cultivated special relationships with members of the criminal…
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