EIKENBERRY v. CALLAHAN

No. 80-2514.

653 F.2d 632 (1981)

Peter G. EIKENBERRY, Appellant, v. Nicholas P. CALLAHAN.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

April 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Friedman and Mark Lynch, Washington, D. C., on motions for appellant.

Robert L. Begleiter, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., on motions for appellee.

Before McGOWAN, Chief Judge, WRIGHT and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.


Opinion PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

On October 31, 1980, the District Court dismissed for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction a Bivens First Amendment action brought under 28 U.S.C. § 1331(a) by appellant against a former FBI official.1 The District Court found that "to a legal certainty, damages in the instant case do not exceed $10,000."2 Appellant moved for reconsideration November 8, 1980...

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