United States First Circuit

In a suit against EPA inspectors for alleged violations of plaintiff's Fourth Amendment rights, the EPA inspectors who took wastewater samples are entitled qualified immunity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/22/2004
• Published 12/22/2004

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, with whom Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, Barbara L. Herwig, Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice, and Richard A. Olderman, Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice, were on brief, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul D. Kamenar, with whom Warren G. Miller, Henry T. Dunker, Daniel J. Popeo, and the Washington Legal Foundation were on brief, for appellees.