FBI not liable for protecting informant, judge rules; 'Sovereign immunity' granted to law agency.(METROPOLITAN)

Byline: Jim McElhatton, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A man who was shot and paralyzed after he tipped off the FBI to the whereabouts of a suspect in more than a dozen murders in the District suffered a setback yesterday in his bid to show that authorities failed to protect his identity.

Charles Shuler, while cooperating with the FBI, told his FBI handler in 1999 that authorities could find Kevin Gray in Club 55, a strip club in Southeast. But, Shuler said, he also told authorities not to arrest Gray right away because he feared Gray would know he was cooperating.

Nonetheless, authorities arrested Gray immediately after Shuler's tip. Weeks later, Shuler was …