Sanchez v. Rowe

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

MARY LOU ROBINSON, District Judge.

This lawsuit arose out of the alleged arrest, detention, and beating of Plaintiff Jose Piedad Sanchez by Bill Rowe, an agent of the United States Border Patrol, Immigration and Naturalization Service, during an April 12, 1982, Border Patrol operation in Vernon, Texas, aimed'at apprehending and deporting illegal aliens.

Plaintiff seeks damages from Defendant United States of America under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq., and from Defendant Bill Rowe individually pursuant to Bivens v. Six…