Case Name: 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
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-07-14
Citations: 374 F.3d 1384
Docket Number: Nos. 99-56762, 99-56880
Parties: 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.
Judges: Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, GOODWIN, O’SCANNLAIN, RYMER, KLEINFELD, THOMAS, McKEOWN, FISHER, GOULD, PAEZ and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 374
Pages: 1384–1385

Head Matter:
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.
Nos. 99-56762, 99-56880.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
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.
Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, GOODWIN, O’SCANNLAIN, RYMER, KLEINFELD, THOMAS, McKEOWN, FISHER, GOULD, PAEZ and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
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).