KORB v. LEHMAN

No. 88-1746.

919 F.2d 243 (1990)

Lawrence J. KORB, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John F. LEHMAN, Jr.; Everett Pyatt; Melvyn R. Paisley, Defendants-Appellees, and Carl M. Smith, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 26, 1990.

As Amended December 6, 1990.

As Amended January 9, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kate Martin, argued, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert S. Bennett argued (Amy Sabrin, Dunnells, Duvall, Bennett & Porter, Washington, D.C., on brief), for defendant-appellee Lehman.

Coleman S. Hicks, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee Pyatt.

Robert Plotkin, argued (E. Lawrence Barcella, Jr., on brief), Laxalt, Washington, Perito & Dubuc, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee Paisley.

Before RUSSELL and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges, and STAKER, District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.


STAKER, District Judge:

The appellant, Dr. Lawrence J. Korb, appeals from the dismissal of his Bivens claim1 against the appellees, John F. Lehman, Melvyn Paisley, and Everett Pyatt, which sought compensatory and punitive damages for the alleged violation of his First Amendment rights. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

I.

Dr. Korb served as President Reagan's Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower,...

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