United States Eleventh Circuit

Attorney general is entitled to qualified immunity for injuries to occupants of the house from which Elian Gonzales' was seized by federal agents, because plaintiffs have failed to establish a causal connection between AG's supervisory actions and the allegedly unconstitutional acts of the federal agents on the scene.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/19/2003
• Published 06/19/2003

Judges

• TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT, COX and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Anne R. Schultz, Miami, FL, Scott R. McIntosh, Barbara L. Herwig, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant., Larry Elliot Klayman, Klayman & Associates, P.C., Paul J. Orfanedes, Judicial Watch, Inc., Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.