Ruiz Rivera v. Holder

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that FTCA claim against Attorney General in his official capacity was barred by sovereign immunity
• finding government defense attorneys entitled to absolute immunity because their conduct “was plainly advocatory in nature”
• finding government defense attorneys entitled to absolute immunity because their conduct “was plainly advocatory in nature”
• government defense attorneys entitled to absolute immunity in their defense of a federal government agency
• “[T]he Court’s previous decision . . . was a dismissal on standing grounds, not a final judgment on the merits, and as a result, it cannot be said that the plaintiff received or had a full and fair opportunity to litigate the issues alleged in this action.” (cleaned up)
• civil AUSAs entitled to absolute immunity

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Smith v. Guest
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2011-03-14· cited 35×
• Lee v. United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2011-08-04· cited 6×
• Stoddard v. Wynn
  District of Columbia· 2016-03-10· cited 2×
• Simon v. Bickell
  District of Columbia· 2010-09-14
• Leitner v. United States
  District of Columbia· 2010-07-22
• Rivera v. U.S. Department of Education
  District of Columbia· 2010-05-28
• Nabaya v. Aber
  District of Columbia· 2018-03-31
• Bozgoz v. Haynes
  District of Columbia· 2021-09-17
• Cowtown Foundation Inc v. U.S. Department of Agriculture
  District of Columbia· 2022-11-01

Cites

50 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  Supreme Court· 2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• Erickson v. Pardus
  Supreme Court· 2007-06-04· cited 34,635×
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-12· cited 24,791×
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America
  Supreme Court· 1994-05-16· cited 12,961×
• Imbler v. Pachtman
  Supreme Court· 1976-03-02· cited 7,274×
• Allen v. McCurry
  Supreme Court· 1980-12-09· cited 4,909×
• Montana v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1979-02-22· cited 3,633×
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-01· cited 3,605×
• Butz v. Economou
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-29· cited 3,397×
• New Hampshire v. Maine
  Supreme Court· 2001-05-29· cited 3,343×
• Armstrong v. Manzo
  Supreme Court· 1965-04-27· cited 2,943×
• Taylor v. Sturgell
  Supreme Court· 2008-06-12· cited 2,529×
• Buckley v. Fitzsimmons
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-24· cited 2,450×
• Burns v. Reed
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-30· cited 1,988×
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. St. Francis Xavier Parochial School and St. Francis Xavier Church
  D.C. Circuit· 1997-07-18· cited 1,499×
• Myrna O'Dell Firestone v. Leonard K. Firestone
  D.C. Circuit· 1996-02-16· cited 1,378×
• Jerome Stevens Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Food & Drug Administration
  D.C. Circuit· 2005-04-08· cited 1,308×
• Kalina v. Fletcher
  Supreme Court· 1997-12-10· cited 1,173×