Legal Opinion

Quinones-Pimentel v. Cannon

District Court, D. Puerto Rico

Decided March 17, 2022No. 3:20-cv-01443Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO DARWIN QUINONES-PIMENTEL, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) No. 3:20-cv-01443-JAW ) NICHOLAS W. CANNON, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER ON PENDING MOTIONS TO DISMISS Two sets of defendants file motions to dismiss plaintiffs’ Bivens action lawsuit, which alleged violations of their Fourth Amendment rights. In keeping with the United States Supreme Court’s directive that courts should be reticent to expand Bivens actions, the Court concludes that the present case should be dismissed because it presents a new Bivens context, and there are…

2Cases cited77 opinions

  1. Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970

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