ESTRADA v. RHODE ISLAND

No. 09-1149.

594 F.3d 56 (2010)

Astrid G. ESTRADA; Wendy M. Estrada; Guilfredo E. Muñoz; José A. Aquino; Cruz F. Rivera; Carlos E. Tamup; José Burgos; Abelino M. Urizar; Israel Tebalan; Rolando Noriega; Boris Cruz; Elsa Hernández Vilavicencio, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. State of RHODE ISLAND, State Police Department; Steven M. Pare, individually and in his official capacity as Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police; C. Thomas Chabot, individually and in his official capacity as a state trooper employed by the State of Rhode Island, Defendants, Appellees, Jane Doe, individually and in her official capacity as a state trooper employed by the State of Rhode Island, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 4, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

V. Edward Formisano, with whom American Civil Liberties Union, Rhode Island Affiliate, Sinapi, Formisano, & Co., Ltd., was on brief for appellants.

John M. Moreira, Special Assistant Attorney General, with whom Patrick C. Lynch, Attorney General, James R. Lee and Brenda D. Baum, Assistants Attorney General, were on brief for appellees.

Larry James, General Counsel, Christina Corl, Crabbe, Brown & James, LLP, Michael M. Hethmon, Garrett R. Roe, and Immigration Reform Law Institute, Inc., as amicus curiae The National Fraternal Order of Police.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellants Astrid G. Estrada, Wendy M. Estrada, Guilfredo E. Muñoz,1 José A. Aquino, Cruz F. Rivera, Carlos E. Tamup, José Burgos, Abelino M. Urizar, Israel Tebalan, Rolando Noriega, Boris R. Cruz, and Elsa Hernández Vilavicencio were passengers in a van that was stopped for failing to signal when changing lanes. They filed this civil action...

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