GONZALES v. RIVKIND

No. 83-39-Civ-T-15.

629 F.Supp. 236 (1986)

Manuel GONZALES, Tommy Ramos, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, v. Perry RIVKIND, Robert Adams and Alan Nelson (Perry Rivkind, District Director, District Six, Immigration and Naturalization Service).

United States District Court, M.D. Fla., Tampa Division.

On Motion to Amend Judgment February 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nora Leto and Tillie Lacayo, Florida Rural Legal Services, Bartow, Fla., for plaintiff.

Lynn England, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tampa, Fla., William C. Brown, Trial Atty., General Litigation & Legal Advice Sect. Crim. Div., Washington, D.C., for defendant.


ORDER

CASTAGNA, District Judge.

The representative plaintiffs in this class action are persons whose automobiles or trucks were seized by agents of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) for suspicion of smuggling illegal aliens. The seizures were carried out in accordance with the INS Miami Sector Seizure Program which seems to be designed for enforcement of 8 U.S.C. § 1324, a statute enacted to halt the flow of illegal aliens into and around...

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