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, Defendant-appellant, 374 F.3d 1384 (9th Cir. 2004)

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US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit - 374 F.3d 1384 (9th Cir. 2004) July 14, 2004

Alan Rubin, Esq., Epstein, Adelson & Rubin, Peter A. Schey, Esq., Los Angeles, CA, Paul L. Hoffman, Esq., Schonbrun, DeSimone, Seplow, Harris and Hoffman, LLP, Venice, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mary Hampton Mason, Charles S. Leeper, Spriggs & Hollingsworth, Charles J. Cooper, Esq., Hamish P.M. Hume, Esq., Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Carter G. Phillips, Esq., Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, LLP, Washington, DC, Gary S. Lincenberg, Esq., Bird, Marella, Boxer & Wolpert, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.

On Remand from the United States Supreme Court.

Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, GOODWIN, O'SCANNLAIN, RYMER, KLEINFELD, THOMAS, McKEOWN, FISHER, GOULD, PAEZ and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.


ORDER

The judgment of this court, 331 F.3d 604 (2003) (en banc), is vacated and the case is remanded to the district court for further proceedings consistent with the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. ___, 124 S. Ct. 2739, 159 L. Ed. 2d 718 (2004).

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