Mountain High Knitting, Inc. v. Janet Reno

51 F.3d 216 MOUNTAIN HIGH KNITTING, INC.; Mountain High Hosiery, Ltd.; Maria Palos, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Janet RENO, * Attorney General of the United States; Gene McNary, Commissioner, Immigration & Naturalization Service; Immigration and Naturalization Service, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-56555. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 6, 1994. Decided March 30, 1995. Carlos Holguin, Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants. Samuel A. Bettwy, Special Asst. U.S. Atty., San Diego, CA, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Before: BROWNING, PREGERSON, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge: 1 Mountain High Knitting, Inc. and several of its employees (collectively, "Mountain High") sued the Attorney General, the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and the Service itself (collectively, "the INS") on claims arising out of an INS investigation and raid of Mountain High Knitting, Inc.'s factory in San Diego. Mountain High also challenged several practices typical to such an…