ALVAREZ v. CITY OF BROWNSVILLE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eduardo Lucio , Brownsville, Paul Whitfield Hughes , Mayer Brown, L.L.P., Washington, Brian Wolfman , Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Ramon Gustave Viada, III , Viada & Strayer, The Woodlands, Heather Scott , Guerra, Leeds, Sabo & Hernandez, P.L.L.C., Brownsville, for Defendant-Appellant.

Vijay Shanker , U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Washington, for Amicus Curiae United States of America.

Jason Neal Jordan , Christopher Knight , Benjamin Lee Mesches , Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., Dallas, Joshua L. Dratel, Esq. , Law Offices of Joshua L. Dratel, P.C., New York, for Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Umer Ali , Olivia Radin , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, L.L.P., New York, for Amicus Curiae Fair Trials International.

Alysson Leigh Mills, Esq. , Kristen Diane Amond , Fishman Haygood, L.L.P., New Orleans, for Amicus Curiae Innocence Project, Incorporated, Innocence Project of Texas, Innocence Project New Orleans, University of Mississippi School Of Law George C. Cochran Innocence Project.

William Trunk , Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber, L.L.P., Washington, for Amicus Curiae Mary Beth Buchanan, Ann Campbell Flannery, John Gleeson, Bruce A. Green, Steven H. Levin, Ronald H. Levine, Caren Myers Morrison, William N. `Bill' Nettles, Julie Rose O'Sullivan, Terry L. Pechota, Paul Shechtman.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and JOLLY, JONES, SMITH, WIENER, DENNIS, CLEMENT, OWEN, ELROD, SOUTHWICK, HAYNES, GRAVES, HIGGINSON, COSTA, WILLETT, and HO, Circuit Judges.