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HARRIS v. U.S.

No. 04-3520.

422 F.3d 322 (2005)

Ronnie HARRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 2, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Alani Golanski, Brooklyn, New York, for Appellant. Lynne H. Buck, Assistant United States Attorney, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Alani Golanski, Brooklyn, New York, for Appellant. Lynne H. Buck, Lori White Laisure, Assistant United States Attorney, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: CLAY and SUTTON, Circuit Judges; OBERDORFER, District Judge.

SUTTON, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which OBERDORFER, D.J., joined.

CLAY, J. (pp. 337-40), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

Federal statutory law and constitutional law offer private citizens two avenues to recover damages for constitutional torts committed by employees of the federal government. A plaintiff may sue the employee directly for the constitutional...

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