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13. [[underline]] Wade v. Smithsonian Institution [[/underline]] ([[underline]] pro se [[/underline]]; alleged violation of constitutional rights of plaintiff, who is incarcerated in federal prison in Anthony, Texas, and who tendered a counterfeit money order for mail order merchandise, which Smithsonian officials allegedly mislabeled as "forged" upon forwarding the money order to prison officials) - Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas on December 30, 1986. Plaintiff seeks money damages, declaratory judgment, and injunctive relief. A motion to dismiss for improper service as filed March 31, 1987. The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas is representing the Smithsonian and its defendant employees.

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14. [[underline]] Boyd v. Cooper-Hewitt [[/underline]]

This suit was filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Kings County, on March 8, 1988. Plaintiff, an employee of a contractor providing refuse removal services to the Cooper-Hewitt, alleged he was injured on January 9, 1987, on the grounds of the Museum. He sought damages of $100,000. Plaintiff, through counsel, also filed an administrative tort claim for $100,000 under the Federal Tort Claims Act on March 16, 1988, for the same alleged injury. The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York filed a Motion to Remove the civil action to U.S. District Court and a Motion to Dismiss on the basis that the administrative claim was pending and the civil action was not appropriate. The Motion to Dismiss, without prejudice, was granted on May 2, 1988.