A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge, concurring and dissenting. The court holds that plaintiff’s section 1983 claims, analogous to false arrest and false imprisonment, against the Government of the Virgin Islands are barred for failure to comply with the notice requirements of the Virgin Islands Tort Claims Act (VITCA). Because I believe that it is impossible to determine o…
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