A federal judge this week handed Ryan Bundy a major setback in his bid for restitution from the federal government over his arrest, imprisonment and trial in the 2014 Bunkerville standoff, dismissing the majority of the Nevada rancher and anti-government activist’s claims.
Bundy, the son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, filed a lawsuit in late 2023 seeking unspecified monetary damages for “emotional, physical, mental, occupational and financial distress” allegedly caused by his imprisonment at the federal prison in Pahrump, Nevada, and a subsequent, unsuccessful criminal trial.
Bundy’s his wife, Angela, and their eight children, and Montana militia leader and Bundy’s former co-defendant Ryan Payne, are also plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
Judge Richard Boulware, an Obama appointee, on Tuesday granted the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss a majority of claims in the case, including those that alleged “malicious prosecutions” by a trio of federal prosecutors.
