Ex-Foreign Service Officer’s Suit Over Failed Prosecution Tossed

A former foreign service officer can’t pursue a lawsuit against the US over its failed attempt to prosecute him for wire fraud, after the federal district court said he didn’t overcome the government’s sovereign immunity.

The US District Court for the District of Columbia said it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over Paul Guertin’s claims for invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligent supervision.

Those counts are fundamentally libel and slander claims, so they’re excluded from the Federal Tort Claims Act’s waiver of sovereign immunity, the court said in a Nov. 28 opinion following a brief order dismissing ...