Supreme Court to decide if FBI can be sued for raiding wrong house

Published April 29, 2025 6:00am ET



The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case testing whether the federal government can be held liable after FBI agents mistakenly raided the wrong house in Atlanta in 2017.

Trina Martin, 46, filed a lawsuit after FBI agents broke down her door before dawn and stormed her bedroom with guns drawn while her 7-year-old son screamed from another room.

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