Legal Opinion
Evans v. Ball
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 12, 1999No. 97-41389PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Milton Evans sued William Ball and Diane Steadman, alleging common law malicious prosecution and constitutional violations pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971). The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Ball and Steadman. Finding no error, we affirm.
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Ball and Steadman, Special Agents with the United States Forest Service, undertook an investigation of Evans, a Forest Service employee, focusing on whether Evans was falsifying public comments about Forest…
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