Libas Ltd. v. Carillo

329 F.3d 1128 LIBAS LTD., a California Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mary R. CARILLO; Shu Peter Pang; William J. Bonocora; Vondell Maclaren Forrester; Emilia Reclusado Frankel; Stephanie Davis; Debra D. Peterson, individuals, Defendants-Appellees. No. 02-55723. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 6, 2003. Filed May 28, 2003. Elon A. Pollack, Los Angeles, CA, George A. Kaufman, Manhattan Beach, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant. Robert I. Lester, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Edward Rafeedie, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-01-05088-ER. Before B. FLETCHER, SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges, and MARTONE, District Judge. * SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge. 1 We hold that an importer may not bring a Bivens action to recover consequential damages against Customs agents who assessed import duty at an incorrect rate. Bivens actions do not lie when Congress has created an alternative remedial scheme — such as exists for the protest of an erroneously assessed duty — even though the scheme does not permit the…