ENGLISH v. SAVA

No. 80 Civ. 1521(MEL).

571 F.Supp. 1029 (1983)

Rose ENGLISH, Eleanor Lazarus, Myra Santana-Santana, and Everl Phillips, on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Charles C. SAVA, as Acting Director, New York District, Immigration and Naturalization Service and Individually; Thurston Black, as Acting Regional Director for Investigation, Immigration and Naturalization Service and Individually; David L. Crosland, as Acting Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service and Individually; and An Unknown Number of "John Does," as Investigators/Agents of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and Individually, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

September 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Shapiro, Richard Emery, New York Civil Liberties Union, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty., S.D. N.Y., New York City, for defendants; Thomas H. Belote, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City, of counsel.


LASKER, District Judge.

Rose English, Eleanor Lazarus, Myra Santana-Santana, and Everl Phillips, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, challenge the constitutionality of their seizure and arrest during an area control operation by agents of the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS") on January 29, 1980, and of the alleged INS practices followed in conducting similar operations to enforce the immigration laws. Plaintiffs

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