KORTLANDER v. Cornell

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS

RICHARD F. CEBULL, District Judge.

I. Introduction

Plaintiff Christopher Kortlander, and his businesses Historical Rarities, Inc. and Custer Battlefield Museum, Inc., have brought this Bivens action for deprivation of constitutional rights secured by the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The claims arise out of an investigation during the years 2003-09 by law enforcement agents of the Department of the Interior related to the sale of fraudulent historical…