Opinion ID: 3012161
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Text: Yvette Bradley, an African-American woman, brought this Bivens action1 against the United States, the United States Customs Service, and a number of customs inspectors, supervisors, and officials. She alleged that her constitutional rights were violated when, on April 5, 1999, customs inspectors subjected her to a search of her suitcase, purse and backpack, as well as a patdown, when she arrived at Newark International Airport on a nonstop international flight from the island of Jamaica. Bradley argued that she was selected because of her race and gender, in violation of her equal protection rights under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, and that the patdown was an illegal search under the Fourth Amendment. 2 The District Court granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment, and Bradley now appeals. The District Court had jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. S 1331 and we have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. S 1291. We review the District Court’s grant of summary judgment de novo. Chisholm v. McManimon, 275 F.3d 315, 321 (3d Cir. 2001). _________________________________________________________________ 1. Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). 2. Bradley also raised a privacy claim under the Ninth Amendment, a procedural due process claim, a claim for supervisory liability, and various other claims against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act. She does not take issue with the District Court’s decision regarding these claims and, accordingly, they are waived. Nagle v. Alspach, 8 F.3d 141, 143 (3d Cir. 1993). 3