Lawsuit over fatal shooting of Tohono O'odham man by BP agents stayed by judge
A federal judge agreed to stay a lawsuit against three Border Patrol agents involved in the 2023 fatal shooting of a Tohono O'odham man, putting the case against them on hold while the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals considers whether they are protected under "qualified immunity."
In a six-page decision published this week, U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez agreed to partially stay the lawsuit filed by the family of 58-year-old Raymond Mattia, who was shot and killed during an incident in front of his home in May 2023.
Mattia's family filed suit, accusing the agents of excessive force last summer, and as part of the suit, the Border Patrol Agents Scott Whitehouse, Dan Sifuentes, and Ivan Torralva, were named in court documents last December.
Attorneys Ryan Stitt and Marcus Bourassa held a press conference in May 2024 just outside the U.S. District Court in Downtown Tucson to announce they were suing the agents and the federal government.
The 16-page lawsuit argued as many as 30 Border Patrol agents violated Mattia's civil rights by engaging in excessive force and deprived his right of familial association by killing him—"immediately and unlawfully severing plaintiffs' intimate and expressive family relationships with their siblings, father, and children."
https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120425_mattia_appeal/lawsuit-over-fatal-shooting-tohono-oodham-man-by-bp-agents-stayed-by-judge/
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