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UNITED STATES v. RUBIN

Civ. A. No. 83-K-1147.

573 F.Supp. 1123 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Lloyd S. RUBIN a/k/a Stanley L. Rubin, et al., Defendants. Lloyd S. RUBIN, Counterplaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, James J. Brown, C. William Lengacher, Robert N. Miller, Jimmye S. Warren and J. Paul McGrath, Counterdefendants.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

November 10, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. Miller, U.S. Atty., Jimmye S. Warren, Asst. U.S. Atty., Denver, Colo., James J. Brown, C. William Lengacher, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Judgment Enforcement Unit, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Robert F. Hanley, Melanie R. Vogl, Morrison & Foerster, Denver, Colo., for Lloyd S. Rubin.

Martin M. Berliner, Larry D. Gallegos, O'Connor & Hannan, Denver, Colo., for Energy Capital Fund, Ltd.

Michael P. Carey, Denver, Colo., for Esther Bell.

Edwin S. Kahn, Kelly Haglund Garnsey & Kahn, Denver, Colo., for Transnational(s) and Univest.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

KANE, District Judge.

Before me is the government's motion to dismiss Rubin's two counterclaims. The motion raises a question of first impression, viz: are United States Attorneys and Department of Justice attorneys "investigative or law enforcement officers" within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 2680(h), the Federal Tort Claims Act, such that the United States is liable to Rubin in damages for abuse of process?

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