Kadiri Apampa v. Patrick Layng, George Jackson, Iii, and Daniel Dodds

POSNER, Chief Judge.

Shortly before pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin, Kadiri Apampa brought this civil suit against two assistant U.S. attorneys and a DEA agent who had been involved in his prosecution. Apampa’s complaint, prepared without legal assistance, claims that the defendants made false statements about him in applications (which were granted) for permission to tap his phone conversations. The particular statement of which he complains, which he calls not only false but libelous, is that a “U.S. Customs source of information alleged that ... Apam-pa acted as a…