Silvestre Estrada, et al. v. United States of America

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 SILVESTRE ESTRADA, et al., Case No.: 22-cv-00373-AJB-BJW 12 Plaintiffs, FINDINGS OF FACT AND 13 v. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 14 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 15 Defendant. 16 17 I. 18 THE ACTION 19 This is an Action under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) arising from the 20 shooting death of Silvestre Estrada Vargas (“Estrada” or the “Decedent”) on May 14, 2021. 21 At approximately 10:13 p.m. that evening, Estrada picked up two undocumented 22 migrants and led United States Border Patrol Agents (“Agents”) on a…