WEIR v. UNITED STATES

Civil Action No. 19-1708 (TFH).

518 F.Supp.3d 1 (2021)

Robert Dexter WEIR, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Signed January 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua S. Sohn , Pro Hac Vice, Patrick N. Petrocelli , Pro Hac Vice, Sarah M. Roe , Stroock & Stroock & LaVan LLP, Steven M. Watt , ACLU Foundation, New York, NY, Arthur B. Spitzer , American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, Jonathan Hafetz , Newark, NJ, for Plaintiffs.

Douglas Morgan Hottle , Jill Dahlmann Rosa , Justin Rand Jolley , Thomas MacKinnon Brown , U.S. Department of Justice Space & Admiralty Litigation, Washington, DC, for Defendant United States of America.

Jill Dahlmann Rosa , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendant Karl L. Schultz.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

The plaintiffs in this case are Jamaican fishermen who the United States Coast Guard detained for 32 days before bringing them to the United States for prosecution in the Southern District of Florida. They challenge the Coast Guard's treatment...

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