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ROURKE v. U.S.

Civ. A. No. 87-2869.

744 F.Supp. 100 (1988)

Douglas M. ROURKE, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America; Michael C.E. Quirk, Charles Raab, and Richard Fritz, Special Agents, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Allentown, Pa.; Lopatcong Township, NJ; Neil Corley; and Norman Viebrock, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

Memorandum on Denial of Reconsideration November 17, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas Noel, III, Teel, Stettz, Shimer, DiGiacomo, Nazareth, Pa., for plaintiff.

John N. Joseph, Serena H. Dobson, Asst. U.S. Attys., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

TROUTMAN, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff Douglas Rourke was arrested by the defendant FBI agents for bank robbery. The charges were subsequently dismissed by the Magistrate upon the motion of the United States. Plaintiff now seeks compensation for having been arrested and detained when, he alleges, the agents should reasonably have known that he was not the perpetrator of the crime. Specifically, plaintiff alleges that local law enforcement...

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