KURZBERG v. ASHCROFT

Docket No. 07-0542-cv.

619 F.3d 176 (2010)

Silvan KURZBERG, Paul Kurzberg, Yaron Shmuel, Omer Gavriel Marmari, Oded Oz Elner, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John ASHCROFT, Former Attorney General of the United States, James W. Ziglar, Former Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Michael Zenk, Former Warden of the Metropolitan Detention Center, Dennis Hasty, Former Warden of the Metropolitan Detention Center, Jordan, Believed To Be An Employee of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Whose True First Name and Last Name Are Unknown To The Plaintiffs, Who Believe They Heard Him Called Jordan, Mario Machado, William Beck, Richard Diaz, Salvatore Lopresti, Steven Barrere, Michael Defrancisco and Christopher Witschel, Believed To Be Employees of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, C. Shacks, Moschello, Norman, Hosain, Mounbo, M. Robinson and Torres, First Names Unknown, Believed To Be Employees of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Raymond Cotton, Counselor Believed To Be An Employee of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Kevin Lopez, Defendants-Cross-Defendants-Appellees, F. Johnson, First Name Unknown, Believed To Be An Employee of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee, Birar, Buck, T. Cush, Guss, D. Ortiz, J., Perez, Lieutenants, First Names Unknown, Believed To Be Employees of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, John Does 1-30, Metropolitan Detention Center Corrections Officers, "John Doe" Being Fictional First and Last Names, Intended To Be The Corrections Officers At The Metropolitan Detention Center Who Abused The Plaintiffs and Violated Their Rights, John Roes 1-30, Federal Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization Service Agents, "John Roe" Being Fictional First and Last Names, Intended To Be The Corrections Officers At The Metropolitan Detention Center Who Abused The Plaintiffs and Violated Their Rights, Defendants, Dr. Lorenzo, First Name Unknown, Believed To Be An Employee of The Federal Bureau of Prisons, J. Mieles and Jon Osteen, Defendants-Cross-Defendants, Linda Thomas, Former Associate Ward of Programs of The Metropolitan Detention Center, Robert Mueller, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Kevin Lopez, Believed To Be An Employee of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Kathleen Hawk, Former Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Cross-Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 30, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Joseph Tolchin , Jaroslawicz & Jaros, LLC, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Dennis C. Barghaan, Jr. , Assistant United States Attorney, for Chuck Rosenberg , United States Attorney, and Gregory G. Katsas , Acting Assistant Attorney General, New York, NY, for Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee John Ashcroft and Cross-Defendant Robert Mueller.

David E. Bell , Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee Dennis Hasty.

Linda Cronin , Dominick Revellino , and Rocco G. Avallone , Cronin & Byczek, LLP, Lake Success, NY, for Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee Elizabeth Torres.

Robert Goldman, Esq. , New York, NY, for Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee William Beck.

Jerold Wolin , Wolin & Wolin Esqs., Jericho, NY, for Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellees Sidney Chase, Michael DeFrancisco, Richard Diaz, and Mario Machado.

Yvonne Shivers , Levitt & Kaizer, Attorneys at Law, New York, NY, for Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee Raymond Cotton.

James G. Ryan , Elizabeth Iovino , and Jennifer A. McLaughlin , Cullen and Dykman LLP, Garden City, NY, for Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee Steven Barrere.

Keith M. Sullivan , Sullivan & Galleshaw, LLP, Middle Village, NY, for Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee Kevin Lopez.

Barry M. Lasky and Scott L. Steinberg , Lasky & Steinberg, P.C., Garden City, NY, for Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee C. Shacks.

James F. Matthews , Matthews & Matthews, Huntington, NY, for Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee Marcial Mundo, III ("Mounbo").

James J. Keefe , James J. Keefe, P.C., Garden City, NY, for Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee Salvatore LoPresti.

Gary E. Ireland , Law Offices of Gary E. Ireland, Esq., New York, NY, for Defendants-Cross-Defendants-Appellees Christopher Witschel, Hosain, Moschello, Norman, and for Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee F. Jonnson.

Before: SACK and WESLEY, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, District Judge.


SACK, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the dismissal for failure to serve process on the United States of an action brought under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971). The plaintiffs, five Israeli nationals who were illegally present in the United States on September 11, 2001, brought the underlying action in connection with certain...

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