United States Ninth Circuit

In plaintiffs' suit against the Director of the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC), the Director of the FBI, and the Attorney General, demanding that the government remove them from the No-Fly List or provide a meaningful opportunity to contest their apparent inclusion on the list, district court's dismissal of the case in holding that Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is a necessary party because plaintiffs challenge the adequacy of the TSA's grievance procedures is reversed and remanded, as 49 U.S.C. section 46110 presents no barrier to adding TSA as an indispensable party. Further, the district court has original jurisdiction over plaintiffs' claim that the government failed to afford them an adequate opportunity to contest their apparent inclusion on the No-Fly List.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/26/2012
• Published 07/26/2012

Judges

• Tallman

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel