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BLACK v. U.S.

No. 94-2261.

62 F.3d 1115 (1995)

William C. BLACK, Jr., Ph.D., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; Central Intelligence Agency; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Olin Peter Nielson; John Does; one through ten, unknown officials of the Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Defense, and the Department of State, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 15, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clinton C. Collins, Jr., Minneapolis, MN, argued, for appellant.

Freddi Lipstein, Washington, DC, argued, for appellee. Frank W. Hunger, Asst. Atty. Gen., David Lee Lillihaug, U.S. Atty., and Leonard Schaitman, Washington, DC, on the brief.

Before BOWMAN, BEAM, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

On the basis of the government's assertion of the state secrets privilege, the District Court1 dismissed the plaintiff's Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and Bivens claims. The plaintiff, William C. Black, Jr., appeals. We affirm.

I.

Black is an electrical engineer who possessed government security clearances and worked on military-related projects for various defense contractors. In November...

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