United States First Circuit

In plaintiff's Bivens action against a regulatory inspection officer employed by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), arising from an investigation of defendant and his gun shop following an incident where plaintiff was training a customer to use a handgun when the customer committed suicide by shooting himself in the head, district court's order dismissing the action is affirmed as, because the officer was entitled to qualified immunity from suit, plaintiff failed to state a claim on which the district court could grant relief.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/29/2010
• Published 07/29/2010

Judges

• HOWARD

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Dean Carnahan, Michael Sady