United States Fifth Circuit

Aliens stopped at the border have a constitutional right to be free from false imprisonment and the use of excessive force by law enforcement personnel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/07/2006
• Published 08/07/2006

Judges

• JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before SMITH, WIENER, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jonathan Bridges (argued), Susman Godfrey, Dallas, TX, Francisco X. Dominguez, El Paso, TX, Suyash Agrawal, Susman Godfrey, Houston, TX, Javier N. Maldonado, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, David Armendariz, Joseph B. DeMott Law Firm, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Jeanne Cezanne Collins (argued), Ken Kelly Slavin, Kemp Smith, El Paso, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.