Legal Opinion
R. D. Brown v. The United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 10, 1981No. 80-1163PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
This is an action under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) against the United States. R. D. Brown seeks to recover damages on the ground that an F.B.I. agent, by giving false testimony to a state grand jury and two state criminal juries, maliciously prosecuted Brown and violated Brown’s fourth and fifth amendment rights. The district court dismissed the complaint, finding that the agent acted without malice; the court failed to discuss Brown’s constitutional claims. We affirm, holding that, as to the malicious prosecution claim, the district court committed no…
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