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· 4/18/1989

Jose Piedad Sanchez v. Bill Rowe, in His Individual and Official Capacities as a U.S. Border Patrol Agent

Citations

  • 870 F.2d 291
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 5115
  • 1989 WL 29290

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • upholding the district court’s decision forcing the plaintiff to choose between Bivens and FTCA award
  • explaining “the FTCA does not provide a cause of action for constitutional torts” because “by definition constitutional torts are not based on state law”
  • explaining “the FTCA does not provide a cause of action for constitutional torts” because “by definition constitutional torts are not based on state law” (cleaned up)

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Judges: Clark, Timbers, Rubin

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