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DE LA PAZ v. COY

Nos. 13-50768, 14-10018.

786 F.3d 367 (2015)

Alejandro Garcia DE LA PAZ, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jason COY, United States Customs and Border Protection Officer; Mario Vega, United States Customs and Border Protection Officer, Defendants-Appellants. Daniel Frias, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Arturo Torrez, United States Customs and Border Protection Officer, formerly known as John Doe, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 14, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Anton Armendariz, Esq. (argued), De Mott McChesney Curtright & Armendariz, L.L.P., San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Edward Himmelfarb (argued), U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Joseph Cuauhtemoc Rodriguez, U.S. Attorney's Office, San Antonio, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Mary A. Kenney, American Immigration Council, Washington, DC, Trina Ann Realmuto, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, Boston, MA, for Amici Curiae.

Before JOLLY and JONES, Circuit Judges, and GODBEY, District Judge.

Customs and Border Patrol ("CBP") agents apprehended Daniel Frias and Alejandro Garcia de la Paz, both illegal aliens, in separate incidents miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, in the heart of Texas. Both allege that the agents stopped them only because they are Hispanic. Represented by the same attorney, both filed...

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