LaDUKE v. NELSON

No. C-77-356.

560 F.Supp. 158 (1982)

Charles LaDUKE, Carlos Garcia, and Consulo Garcia, individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Alan C. NELSON, in his official capacity as the National Commissioner of the INS; Gordon A. Ruth, in his official capacity as the Director of the INS for the Northern Region; James B. Turnage, in his official capacity as District Director for the INS for the State of Washington; William T. Carty, in his official capacity as Officer in Charge of the Spokane Substation of the INS; John Green, in his official capacity; Kenneth Langford, in his official capacity as Chief Border Patrol Agent for the Spokane Substation; Dale K. Sewell, Johnny L. Minyard, Leslie Anderson, John Doe Three, and John Doe Four, individually, and in their capacities as employees, agents and persons acting in concert with the INS, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Washington.

December 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Fox, Houghton, Cluck, Coughlin & Riley, Seattle, Wash., Erin Moore, Evergreen Legal Services, Wenatchee, Wash., for plaintiffs.

John Lamp, U.S. Atty., Carroll D. Gray, Asst. U.S. Atty., Spokane, Wash., for defendants.


AMENDED MEMORANDUM DECISION

ROBERT J. McNICHOLS, Chief Judge.

The issue in this class action is the constitutionality of searches and interrogations conducted by Border Patrol Agents and criminal investigators of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in farm labor housing areas located within the Spokane Sector. Plaintiffs, on behalf of their class, contend that the practices of the INS agents violate the Fourth Amendment rights of residents of...

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