Humberto Alvarez-Machain v. United States of America Hector Berellez Bill Waters Pete Gruden Jack Lawn Antonio Garate-Bustamante Francisco Sosa, and Five Unnamed Mexican Nationals Currently in the Federal Witness Protection Program, Humberto Alvarez-Machain v. Francisco Sosa, and Five Unnamed Mexican Nationals Currently in the Federal Witness Protection Program

Good Law

2001 Daily Journal DAR 9872·266 F.3d 1045·2001 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7992·2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 20150

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitSeptember 11, 200199-56762California9,417 words

Opinion

266 F.3d 1045 (9th Cir. 2001) HUMBERTO ALVAREZ-MACHAIN, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; HECTOR BERELLEZ; BILL WATERS; PETE GRUDEN; JACK LAWN; ANTONIO GARATE-BUSTAMANTE; FRANCISCO SOSA, AND FIVE UNNAMED MEXICAN NATIONALS CURRENTLY IN THE FEDERAL WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES. HUMBERTO ALVAREZ-MACHAIN, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. FRANCISCO SOSA, AND FIVE UNNAMED MEXICAN NATIONALS CURRENTLY IN THE FEDERAL WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. No. 99-56762, 99-56880 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Argued and Submitted June 11, 2001 Filed September 11, 2001 1 [Copyrighted Material Omitted][Copyrighted Material Omitted] 2 Charles S. Leeper, Spriggs & Hollingsworth, Washington, D.C., for appellant/appellee Sosa. 3 Robert M. Loeb, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellee/appellant United States of America. 4 Hamish P.M. Hume, Cooper, Carvin & Rosenthal, Washington, D.C., for appellees Lawn, Gruden, Waters and Berellez. 5 Paul Hoffman, Aclu, Los Angeles, California, for appellee/ appellant Alvarez-Machain. 6 William J. Aceves, California Western School of Law, San Diego, for amici curiae International…

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Parties

Humberto Alvarez-Machain
Plaintiff
United States of America Hector Berellez Bill Waters Pete Gruden Jack Lawn Antonio Garate-Bustamante Francisco Sosa, and Five Unnamed Mexican Nationals Currently in the Federal Witness Protection Program, Humberto Alvarez-Machain v. Francisco Sosa, and Five Unnamed Mexican Nationals Currently in the Federal Witness Protection Program
Defendant

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