RODRIGUEZ v. SWARTZ

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean Christopher Chapman (argued), Law Offices of Sean C. Chapman P.C., Tucson, Arizona, for Defendant-Appellant.

Lee Glernt (argued) and Andre Segura , Immigrants' Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York; Luis F. Parra , Parra Law Offices, Nogales, Arizona; Cecilia Wang and Cody Wofsy , Immigrants' Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, San Francisco, California; Daniel J. Pochoda and James Duff Lyall , ACLU Foundation of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona; Robert C. Montiel , Roberto Montiel Law Offices, Nogales, Arizona; Mitra Ebadolahi , ACLU Foundation of San Diego and Imperial Counties, San Diego, California; Arturo J. Gonzalez and Hector Suarez , Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, California; Marc A. Hearron , Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Henry Whitaker (argued), Mark B. Stern , and Katherine Twomey Allen , Appellate Staff; Chad A. Readler , Acting Assistant Attorney General; Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae United States.

Jeffrey L. Bleich , Dentons US LLP, San Francisco, California; Andrew Cath Rubenstein and Nicholas D. Fram , Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, San Francisco, California; for Amici Curiae Professors of Constitutional Law and Foreign Relations Law.

Sarah P. Alexander and Mary Inman , Constantine Cannon LLP, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Curiae Human Rights Watch.

Donald Francis Donovan , Carl J. Micarelli , Brandon Burkart , and Aymeric Damien Dumoulin , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, New York, for Amicus Curiae Government of the United Mexican States.

Matthew E. Price and William K. Dreher , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Law Professors.

Stanley Young , Covington & Burling LLP, Redwood Shores, California, for Amicus Curiae Coalición de Derechos Humanos, The Southern Border Communities Coalition, No More Deaths, The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, The Kino Border Initiative, and the American Immigration Council.

Ethan D. Dettmer , Joshua S. Lipshutz , Eli M. Lazarus , Katherine C. Warren , and Courtney J. Chin , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, California, for Amici Curiae Scholars of U.S.-Mexico Border Issues.

Mahesha P. Subbaraman , Subbaraman PLLC, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Vivek Krishnamurthy , Christopher T. Bavitz , and Andrew F. Sellars , Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for Amicus Curiae Restore the Fourth Inc.

Dissent by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr.