Legal Opinion
Cornejo-Ortega v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided July 23, 2004No. 03-1987CPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ALLEGRA, Judge.
In this ease, before the court on defendant’s converted motion for summary judgment, plaintiff seeks payment of $2.2 million under a purported reward contract with the Department of Justice for information leading to the arrest of a top-ten most-wanted fugitive. For the reasons that follow, the court concludes that defendant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.
*372I. BACKGROUND
In 1999, while incarcerated, Salvador Cornejo-Ortega (plaintiff) was contacted by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) concerning one Agustín…
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