M.D.C.G. v. U.S.

No. 19-40076.

956 F.3d 762 (2020)

M.D.C.G., Individually, as next friend N.L.M.C., A Minor, Plaintiff-Appellant v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED April 21, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denice Smith , Houston, TX, Mark Dollar Clore , Clore Law Group, L.L.C., Charleston, SC, Christine Lockhart Poarch , Salem, VA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Joshua Paul Waldman, Esq. , Attorney, Mark Bernard Stern, Esq. , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Eric Paxton Warner , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before JOLLY, SMITH, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


This appeal has its beginnings on a horrific day from hell. After apprehending MDCG, her fifteen-year-old daughter NLMC, and their fourteen-year-old family friend JMAE for entering the United States without authorization, and after loading them into his vehicle, Border Patrol Agent Esteban Manzanares drove around to...

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