Court revives lawsuit involving corrupt INS Officer

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently reinstated a portion of a lawsuit seeking to hold the federal government responsible for the conduct of an asylum officer who asked two Chinese women applying for asylum in the United States for sex and money in exchange for a favorable resolution of their cases. The officer was arrested, charged and convicted after one of the women, in cooperation with the Justice Department, wore a wire to her meeting with the officer, who sexually molested her and asked for $2000 bribe to approve her case. The officer later committed suicide in jail (the article from metnews merely says he died, but another article from the Daily Journal specifies it was a suicide). The facts of this story and the ensuing civil lawsuit are absolutely incredible. You can read the metnews article in its entirety here. The Ninth Circuit decision can be found here.