A U.S. citizen who claimed his rights were violated after he spent hours in a cold detention cell is unable to sue border patrol agents under the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, the majority of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said in a split ruling.
Anas Elhady, a Michigan resident who was detained at the border after visiting with friends in Canada, claims U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers subjected him to unreasonably cold temperatures for at least four hours, violating his due process rights under the Fifth Amendment, according to his lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
