A former aide to ex-state House Speaker John M. Perzel arrested for concealing evidence in the “Computergate” scandal has lost his malicious prosecution case against the state officials who filed charges against him.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday reversed a district judge’s decision not to toss the case. The Third Circuit held that former Gov. Tom Corbett, then the state attorney general, had probable case to file charges against John R. Zimmerman.