Redfern v. Napolitano, No. 11-1805 (1st Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CasePlaintiffs commenced this action in federal district court challenging the constitutionality of the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) use of Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) body scanners and enhanced pat-downs as methods of passenger screening at United States airports, contending that the TSA's use of these screening procedures violated their rights against unreasonable searches and seizures and their right to privacy and interstate travel. The district court dismissed Plaintiffs' claims on the ground it was without jurisdiction to entertain the claims because the case should have been directly filed with the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Appellants appealed. In the meantime, the AIT scanners were refashioned so they no longer generated the revealing images of passengers' bodies that gave rise to this lawsuit. The First Circuit vacated the judgment below and remanded with instructions to dismiss the case based on mootness, holding that Plaintiffs' claims had become moot.
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