Rahman v. Chertoff

530 F.3d 622 (2008)

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Rahman v. Chertoff

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
530 F.3d 622 (2008)

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Facts

A group of United States citizens (citizens) (plaintiffs) sought class-action certification in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to sue the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and other government officials (defendants) for injunctive relief for alleged repetitive, lengthy, and abusive border detentions in violation of the citizens’ Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights. The citizens alleged that the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) terrorist screening database was overinclusive and inaccurate and that government officials repeatedly misidentified the citizens as potential security threats. The district court certified two classes under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(2): a primary traveler class that was comprised of all United States citizens who were or may be detained at the border pursuant to the governmental policies in question, and a family detainee class that was comprised of any person subjected to the same contested policies because they were traveling with a family member of the primary traveler class. The government appealed the certification of the classes.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Easterbrook, C.J.)

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