GONZALEZ RUCCI v. U.S. I.N.S.

No. 04-1274.

405 F.3d 45 (2005)

Rosaura GONZALEZ RUCCI, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE; United States Department of Justice; U.S. Attorney General for the District of Puerto Rico; United States; Andres Nunez; Charles Kirk; Myrna A. Pere; Roberto Ramos; Luis A. Reyes; Vivian Reyes; Maritza Soto, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 21, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lixandra Osorio Felix and Nicolas Nogueras, Jr. Law Offices, on brief for appellant.

Isabel Munoz-Acosta, Assistant U.S. Attorney, H.S. Garcia, United States Attorney, and Miguel A. Fernandez, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Chief, Civil Division, on brief for appellees.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, HOWARD, Circuit Judge, and CARTER, Senior District Judge.


HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Rosaura Gonzalez-Rucci brought this action, pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA") and the Bivens doctrine, see Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971), against the United States, the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS"),1 and a number of immigration officers. The...

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