The suit says President Obama, Sen. Harry Reid, and others conspired to take Bundy’s land. He’s seeking $50 million in damages and release from federal custody.
Cliven Bundy stands near a cattle gate on his 160 acre ranch in Bunkerville, Nevada May 3, 2014.
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Jailed Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy is suing President Obama and Nevada officials, claiming they sent "the equivalent of storm troopers" to his Nevada ranch, killed his cows, tried to drive him off his land, and is now being held illegally in solitary confinement.
The federal lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Nevada by Bundy's attorneys. The suit names President Obama, Sen. Harry Reid, Reid's son Roy Reid, and the judge in Bundy's case as defendants. It aims to get Bundy, 70, out of jail and seeks $50 million in damages.
Protesters on horseback during a Bundy-led standoff in Nevada on April 12, 2014.
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The claims in the suit go back to early 2014 and what eventually turned into an armed standoff between Bundy's supporters and federal agents. The standoff — which ultimately drew national attention to various Western land conflicts — erupted after Bundy refused for years to pay fees for grazing his cattle on federal land.
Bundy was arrested and charged with assault in February and has remained behind bars ever since. His son, Ammon Bundy, and others were also arrested after a similar standoff in Oregon earlier this year.
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