Legal Opinion
Errol Lynch v. Joseph S. Cannatella, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 27, 1987No. 86-3232PublishedCited by 193 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
The issue is whether official immunity shields federal and state officials from suit by foreign stowaways who, after being discovered aboard a barge, were detained and allegedly mistreated before being deported. We hold that even excludable aliens are entitled to the protection of the due process clause while they are physically in the United States, but the charges against some of the officials, federal and state, are insufficient to penetrate their official-immunity shield. Because official immunity protects only individuals, not state agencies, we affirm the…
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