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High Court Finds FTCA Judgment Bars Police Brutality Suit
Law360 (February 25, 2021, 1:14 PM EST) The Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a decision allowing a man to sue federal officers for a violent arrest, finding that the trial court s judgment throwing out his Federal Tort Claims Act suit against the government blocks any suit based on the same event against the officers involved.
In a unanimous decision, the high court reversed a Sixth Circuit decision that had revived James King s suit against Todd Allen and Douglas Brownback, finding that in the circumstances of an FTCA case, subject matter jurisdictional issues overlap with merit issues, such that a finding that a court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over.
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WASHINGTON (CN) The Supreme Court gutted a lawsuit Thursday from a 21-year-old college student arrested for resisting arrest in a case of mistaken identity.
Writing for the unanimous court, Justice Clarence Thomas ruled that James King became barred from pursuing any other claims against his arresting officers once the District Court ruled against his bid for damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
The law includes a provision known as the judgment bar that says judgment in the action precludes further action against government agents whose actions “gave rise to the claim.”
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