GONZALEZ v. RENO

No. 01-14475.

325 F.3d 1228 (2003)

Lazaro GONZALEZ, Angela Gonzalez, Marisleysis Gonzalez, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Janet RENO, Doris Meissner, Eric Holder, Defendants-Appellants, Betty A. Mills, INS Agent, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 25, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Thomas Byron, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Barbara L. Herwig, Michael S. Raab, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div./Appellate, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellants.

Ronald S. Guralnick, Anne R. Schultz, Miami, FL, Larry Elliot Klayman, Klayman & Associates, P.C., Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, COX and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we must decide whether former Attorney General Janet Reno, former Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS") Doris Meissner, and former Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder are entitled to qualified immunity for their alleged involvement in the seizure of Elian Gonzalez ("Elian") from the home of Lazaro, Angela, and Marisleysis Gonzalez ("the Gonzalezes") — Elian's great-uncle, great-aunt, and cousin...

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