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DONGARRA v. SMITH

No. 20-2872.

27 F.4th 174 (2022)

Jordan DONGARRA, Appellant v. Officer D. SMITH; S.I.S. Worker on Camera; S.I.S. Worker on Camera; United States of America.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: March 1, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Zionts , Megan A. Crowley [ARGUED], Covington & Burling LLP, One City Center, 850 Tenth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20001, Samuel Weiss , Rights Behind Bars, 416 Florida Avenue, N.W., Unit 26152, Washington, DC 20001, Counsel for Appellant.

Melissa A. Swauger , Navin Jani [ARGUED], United States Attorney's Office, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 228 Walnut Street, P.O Box 11754, Harrisburg, PA 17108, Counsel for Respondent.

Before: AMBRO, KRAUSE, and BIBAS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Judges are not superheroes. In the comics, caped crusaders right every wrong. But in real life, robed jurists cannot. A prison officer wrongly branded Jordan Dongarra a sex offender, putting him at risk of assault. But that risk never materialized. We cannot award damages to compensate him for...

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