Legal Opinion
United States v. Jeffrey Otherson, United States of America v. Bruce Brown
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 20, 1981No. 80-1202, 80-1203PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge.
Appellants Jeffrey Otherson and Bruce Brown, United States Border Patrol agents, were tried by the court on stipulated facts and convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2421 by depriving aliens of federal rights, and of conspiring to effect such a deprivation in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 242.
Otherson and Brown do not deny beating aliens who had illegally entered the United States from Mexico and who had been taken into custody by the Border Patrol near San Ysidro, California. Rather, they argue on appeal that such aliens are not “inhabitants of any State,…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Rewis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Jeffrey Otherson v. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- United States v. Anthony Frank Gaggi, Henry Borelli, Peter Lafroscia, Ronald Ustica, Edward Rendini and Ronald TurekianCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Juan Antonio ContrerasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
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