Winters v. Taylor

ORDER

Brent Winters sued John Taylor, a federal public defender, for making slanderous statements about Winters during the course of a tax fraud prosecution. The district court dismissed Winters’s claim on the ground that Taylor, a federal employee acting within the scope of his authority, was entitled to sovereign immunity. Rather than appeal that dismissal, Winters filed a second action against Taylor based on the same allegedly slanderous statements. The district court again dismissed Winters’s suit based on the grounds of sovereign immunity and issue preclusion. This time, Winters…