Evidence

Finding no Bivens cause of action for fabrication of evidence, the Fifth Circuit affirmed dismissal of civil rights claims against Texas police and FBI agents from a man who spent two years in jail awaiting trial on drug charges, of which a jury cleared him.

NEW ORLEANS — Finding no Bivens cause of action for fabrication of evidence, the Fifth Circuit affirmed dismissal of civil rights claims against Texas police and FBI agents from a man who spent two years in jail awaiting trial on drug charges, of which a jury cleared him.

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