VENNES v. AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS

No. 93-1737.

26 F.3d 1448 (1994)

Frank E. VENNES, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS OF THE UNITED STATES of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 16, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irvin Nodland, Bismarck, ND, argued, for appellant.

Jonathan A. Wasserman, Washington, DC, argued (Jonathan S. Cohen, appeared on the brief), for appellee.

Before LOKEN, Circuit Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and HANSEN, Circuit Judge.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

After pleading guilty and nolo contendere to money laundering, firearm, and drug offenses and serving a lengthy prison sentence, Frank E. Vennes, Jr., commenced this action against unnamed federal agents seeking damages in excess of $10,000,000 under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971). Vennes alleged that the agents had conspired...

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