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PERRY v. F.B.I.

No. 82-1136.

781 F.2d 1294 (1986)

Rixson Merle PERRY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berry Sullivan, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Harold J. Krent, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, BAUER, WOOD, CUDAHY, ESCHBACH, POSNER, COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The only issue considered by the court en banc is Perry's claim that a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) memorandum contained adverse and false information about him which was circulated to certain other federal law enforcement agencies to which he had applied for employment. On appeal there was also a question raised about whether the circulation was done maliciously. As a result of that memorandum Perry claims he was...

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