FRANCOIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 81 Civ. 1645 JRB.

528 F.Supp. 533 (1981)

Henry FRANCOIS, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

December 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Saul Grover Wlodaver, New York City, for plaintiff.

Edward R. Korman, U. S. Atty., E. D. N. Y., Brooklyn, N. Y., for defendant; Jo Davis, Asst. U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel.


BARTELS, District Judge.

This is an action brought by Henry Francois pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) for personal injuries and medical expenses arising out of his false arrest and detention on September 24, 1980. After three days of trial the Court makes the following findings.

FACTS

On October 23, 1979 Jamaican authorities requested the extradition, pursuant to a treaty, of one Winston Hawthorne Edman, a Jamaican fugitive believed...

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