Legal Opinion
Rafael Medina v. United States of America, No. 00-2156
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 27, 2001No. 220PublishedCited by 208 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vacated and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINS and Judge SMALKIN joined.
OPINION
KING, Circuit Judge:
Rafael Medina was arrested by agents of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) and subjected to deportation proceedings, which the INS subsequently dismissed. After exhausting his administrative remedies under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680 (“FTCA”), Medina brought suit in the Eastern District of Virginia on the theory that the INS agents involved had arrested him without probable cause,…
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