The lawsuit brought by the man, Muhammad A. Aziz, who spent more than 20 years in prison and was cleared of the murder in 2021, accuses the F.B.I. of hiding evidence that suggested he played no role in the 1965 death of Malcolm X.
Mr. Aziz's suit, which names at least 19 bureau officials and seeks $40 million in damages, claims top officials, including J. Edgar Hoover, engaged in a pattern and practice of causing miscarriages of justice.
David Shanies, a lawyer for Mr. Aziz and Mr. Islam's estate, said he hoped the lawsuits would pry open long-held secrets about the assassination of Malcolm X, now officially an unsolved crime.
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