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SIGLER v. LeVAN

Civ. A. Nos. N-78-1237, N-79-918.

485 F.Supp. 185 (1980)

Ilse M. SIGLER, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Ralph J. Sigler, Deceased and Ilse M. Sigler, Individually and Karin (Sigler) Mears, Individually v. C. J. LeVAN, Individually and as Major General, United States Army; Donald B. Grimes, Individually and as Colonel, United States Army; H. R. Aarons, Individually and as Major General, United States Army; Noel Jones, Individually and as Chief, Special Operations Division, U. S. Army; Carlos Zapata, Individually and as Chief Warrant Officer, United States Army; Francis (Joe) Prasek, Individually and as Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Lewis Martel, Individually and as Chief Warrant Officer, United States Army; John Schaffstall, Individually and as Chief Warrant Officer, United States Army; Donnall J. Drake, Individually and as Chief Warrant Officer, United States Army; Odell L. King, Individually and as Chief Warrant Officer, United States Army; Peter Conway, Individually and as Project Officer, U. S. Army Intelligence; Clifford Alexander, Secretary of the Army; Party or Parties Unknown who are or were Members of the Central Intelligence Agency in 1976; Party or Parties Unknown who are or were Members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1976; and Party or Parties Unknown who are or were Members of the United States Army in 1976. Ilse M. SIGLER, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Ralph J. Sigler, Deceased and Ilse M. Sigler, Individually and Karin (Sigler) Mears, Individually v. H. R. AARONS, Individually and as Major General, United States Army Deputy Director, Defense Intelligence Agency and Donald B. Grimes, Individually and as Colonel, United States Army and Noel Jones, Individually and as Chief, Special Operations Division, U. S. Army Intelligence Agency and Lewis Martel, Individually and as Chief Warrant Officer, United States Army and John Schaffstall, Individually and as Chief Warrant Officer, United States Army and Odell L. King, Individually and as Chief Warrant Officer, United States Army and Donnall J. Drake, Individually and as Chief Warrant Officer, United States Army and Peter Conway, Individually and as Project Officer, U. S. Army Intelligence and Carlos Zapata, Individually and as Chief Warrant Officer, United States Army and Party or Parties unknown who are or were Members of the Central Intelligence Agency in 1976 and Party or Parties Unknown who are or were Members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1976 and Party or Parties Unknown who are or who were Members of the United States Army in 1976.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

Supplemental Opinion March 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Kenkel and William C. Brennan, Jr., College Park, Md., for plaintiffs.

James M. Kramon, Baltimore, Md., Aubrey M. Daniel, III, and Douglas R. Marvin, Washington, D. C., for defendant LeVan.

Joseph A. Schwartz, III, Baltimore, Md., and James F. Neal and Aubrey B. Harwell, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., and David R. Boyd, Washington, D. C., for defendants Grimes, Aaron, Jones, Martel, Schaffstall, Conway, Drake and King.

Richard R. Beauchemin, Baltimore, Md., and Robert D. Earp, El Paso, Tex., for defendant Zapata.

Alan I. Baron and Ellen Scalettar, Baltimore, Md., for defendant Prasek.

Alice Daniel, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Barbara B. O'Malley, R. John Seibert and Raymond M. Larizza, Attys., U. S. Dept. Justice, Washington, D. C., Russell T. Baker, Jr., U. S. Atty. for the District of Maryland and Lynne A. Battaglia, Asst. U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., for defendant Alexander.

NORTHROP, Chief Judge.

This litigation involves two actions for damages and injunctive relief arising out of the death of Ralph J. Sigler, an Army counterintelligence agent. Mr. Sigler died by electrocution on April 13, 1976, in a motel room located near Fort Meade, Maryland. The plaintiffs are his wife and daughter. The defendants are the Secretary of the Army, ten present or former officers of the United States Army, a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...

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