Court Opinion

ID: 9484217
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 09:44:13.87715+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:50:05.488169
License: Public Domain

RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge,
concurring in part with the dissent.
I concur in that portion of Judge Kennedy’s opinion which deals with the jurisdictional issue. I am not in agreement, however, with that portion of the opinion that concludes “the District Court was correct in holding that Wright was acting under the direction of federal officials when he allegedly disobeyed Judge Kessler’s order to deposit the $12,000 which had been turned over to the DEA.” I do not believe that Wright was acting as a federal officer, nor do I believe that he is entitled to any federal official immunity defense.