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Texas Terrorist Attack

The Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a case against the government brought by a security guard shot in the leg during a 2015 terrorist attack at the “First Annual Muhammed Art Exhibit and Contest” in Garland, Texas. The guard failed to prove that the actions of the FBI or its undercover agent rose to the level of “‘participating’ in an act of violence.

NEW ORLEANS – The Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a case against the government brought by a security guard shot in the leg during a 2015 terrorist attack at the “First Annual Muhammed Art Exhibit and Contest” in Garland, Texas. The guard failed to prove that the actions of the FBI or its undercover agent rose to the level of “‘participating’ in an act of violence.

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