Legal Opinion
Alvarez-Machain v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 3, 2003No. Nos. 99-56762, 99-56880PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*608Opinion by Judge McKEOWN; Concurrence by Judge FISHER; Dissent by Judge O’SCANNLAIN; Dissent by Judge GOULD.
OPINION
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge.
We must decide whether the forcible, transborder abduction of a Mexican national, Humberto Alvarez-Machain (“Alvarez”), by Mexican civilians at the behest of the Drug Enforcement Administration (the “DEA”) gives rise to a civil claim under United States law. In an earlier, related proceeding, the Supreme Court acknowledged, without deciding, that Alvarez “may be correct” in asserting that his abduction was “shocking” and “in violation of general…
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