BROWN v. UNITED STATES

No. 80-1163.

653 F.2d 196 (1981)

R. D. BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fillmore & Camp, H. Dustin Fillmore, Randy J. Hall, Fort Worth, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Judith A. Shepherd, Asst. U. S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before RUBIN and GARZA, Circuit Judges, and SUTTLE, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 29, 1981.

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...

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