Hodgers-Durgin v. De La Vina

W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

The question in this case is whether two individual plaintiffs may bring a class action for equitable relief against officials of the United States Border Patrol who supervise operations along the Mexican bor*1039der in the state of Arizona. Plaintiffs, who each were stopped once by Border Patrol agents, contend that the stops violated the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable seizures. They seek equitable relief, asking in their complaint for a declaratory judgment that “the roving patrol operations [of the Border Patrol] involve systemic violations of the…