Legal Opinion
González-Rucci v. United States Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 21, 2008No. 07-1198PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Rosaura González-Rucci (“González”), an immigration lawyer, claims to have rejected the amorous advances of an Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) officer. Thereafter, the U.S. Attorney’s Office investigated her on suspicion that she aided and abetted aliens entering into sham marriages for immigration purposes; she was indicted and acquitted. González then brought several Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) claims — including malicious prosecution and abuse of process — against the INS 1 and a number of its officers (collectively, “Defendants”). González’s…
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