XI v. HAUGEN

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA XIAOXING XI, ET AL. : : CIVIL ACTION v. : FBI SPECIAL AGENT : NO. 17-2132 ANDREW HAUGEN, ET AL. : MEMORANDUM SURRICK, J. MARCH 31, 2021 I. INTRODUCTION This lawsuit arises from the United States government’s investigation, arrest, and subsequently dismissed indictment of Temple University physics Professor Xiaoxing Xi (“Xi”) on charges that essentially accused him of being a “technological spy” for China. (See Second Am. Complaint (“SAC”) ¶ 1, ECF No. 26; see also United States v. Xi, No. 15-cr-204 (E.D. Pa.).) In…