TUN-COS v. PERROTTE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Anne Murphy , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. David Meir Zionts , COVINGTON & BURLING LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Chad A. Readler , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Mary Hampton Mason , Senior Trial Counsel, Paul E. Werner , Trial Attorney, Torts Branch, Barbara L. Herwig , H. Thomas Byron III , Appellate Staff, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; G. Zachary Terwilliger , United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellants. Daniel E. Johnson , Mark H. Lynch , José E. Arvelo , Brandon H. Johnson , Daniel T. Grant , Michelle S. Willauer , COVINGTON & BURLING LLP, Washington, D.C.; Simon Y. Sandoval-Moshenberg , Nicholas C. Marritz , Hallie N. Ryan , LEGAL AID JUSTICE CENTER, Falls Church, Virginia, for Appellees. Jon M. Greenbaum , Myesha Braden , Samuel Weiss , Michael Huggins , LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW, Washington, D.C.; Shira A. Scheindlin , New York, New York; Caitlin Bellis , UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — IMMIGRANT RIGHT CLINIC, Irvine, California, for Amicus Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Nicolas G. Keller , New York, New York, Matthew E. Price , JENNER & BLOCK LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Chris Burbank, Seth M. M. Stodder, Megan H. Mack, Margo Schlanger, and Paul Virtue.

Reversed and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge Niemeyer wrote the opinion, in which Judge Quattlebaum and Senior Judge Duncan joined.