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SCHLAEBITZ v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 89-6113.

924 F.2d 193 (1991)

Thomas W. SCHLAEBITZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, United States Marshall Service, Five (5) Unknown United States Marshall Agents, United States Marshall Dave Little, United States Parole Commission, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 19, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dexter W. Lehtinen, U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Barbara K. Bisno, Carole E. Herman, Linda Collins Hertz, Asst. U.S. Attys., for defendants-appellees.

Before KRAVITCH and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and LYNNE, Senior District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

The issue in this appeal is whether the United States and its employees are exempt from liability for claims arising from the detention of goods by law enforcement officers who are not part of the Customs Service. We hold that they are exempt.

I. BACKGROUND

Thomas Schlaebitz was arrested in the Miami International Airport for violating federal parole. He and a friend, William Ogle, had been deported from Grand Cayman Island, and had just...

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