No. 18-309

Lonnie Swartz v. Araceli Rodriguez, Individually and as the Surviving Mother and Personal Representative of J. A.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-09-11
Status: GVR
Type: Paid
CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (4)
Tags: bivens bivens-remedy bivens-v-six-unknown-named-agents border-security cross-border-shooting extraterritorial-application foreign-relations fourth-amendment qualified-immunity separation-of-powers
Latest Conference: 2020-02-28 (distributed 4 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the panel's decision to create an implied remedy for damages under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), in the new context of a cross-border shooting, misapplies Supreme Court precedent and violates separation-of-powers principles, whereforeign relations, border security, and the extraterritorial application of the Fourth Amendment are some of the special factors that counsel hesitation against such an extension?

2. If the above "antecedent" question is answered in the negative, then this Court is asked to resolve the underlying constitutional issue: Whether Agent Swartz is entitled to qualified immunity because there is no clearly established law applying the Fourth Amendment to protect a Mexican citizen with no significant connection to the United States, who is injured in Mexico by a federal agent's cross border shooting?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the panel's decision to create an implied remedy for damages under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), in the new context of a cross-border shooting, misapplies Supreme Court precedent and violates separation-of-powers principles, where foreign-relations, border-security, extraterritorial-application-of-the-fourth-amendment

Docket Entries

2020-04-03
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2020-03-02
Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Hernandez v. Mesa, 589 U. S. ___ (2020).
2020-02-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2020.
2019-05-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2019.
2019-04-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2019.
2019-04-11
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
2018-10-29
The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
2018-10-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
2018-09-18
Brief of respondent Araceli Rodriguez in opposition filed.
2018-09-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 11, 2018)

Attorneys

Araceli Rodriguez
Lee GelerntAmerican Civil Liberties Union, Respondent
Lonnie Swartz
Sean Christopher ChapmanLaw Office of Sean C Chapman, P.C., Petitioner
Michael J. Bloom — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Amicus