Thomas E. Engle v. Officer Craig Mecke, General Services Administration United States of America

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that a Bivens action against an individual officer for a constitutional violation is distinct from a tort action under the FTCA against the United States as they “are separate and distinct causes of action arising out of the same transaction”
• district court bifurcated trial, first submitting Bivens claims to the jury and then ruling on the FTCA claim
• “Had [the plaintiff] chosen to seek his redress from the individual law enforcement officer, the jury verdict [on the Bivens claim] would have been given full effect and his Seventh Amendment rights would have been preserved.”
• “Had [plaintiff] chosen to seek his redress from the individual law enforcement officer, the jury verdict would have been given full effect.... Because, however, he chose to seek redress from the United States government, he had no right to a jury’s verdict.”
• “Had [plaintiff] chosen to seek his redress from the individual law enforcement officer, the jury verdict would have been given full effect. . . . Because, however, he chose to seek redress from the United States government, he had no right to a jury’s verdict.”
• same suit, FTCA judgment for plaintiff

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).