Defendants' Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction

Case 3:07-cv-01436-RNC Document 51-2 Filed 02/01/2008 Page 16 of 32courts. AADC, 525 U.S. at 482, 487. In this case, Plaintiffs’ Fourth Amendment claimand Fifth Amendment equal protection claim attack ICE’s decision to commence proceedings.See Amended Complaint 112, 244-45, 247-49, 252-53, 255-58, 260-82. Plaintiffs’ claimsagainst the individual federal defendants are focused almost exclusively on their allegedlywrongful actions leading up to their arrest, issuance of notices to appear and initial determinationto detain them, which by their very terms serve to initiate removal proceedings. See 8 U.S.C.§1229. Plaintiffs cannot evade the jurisdictional bar by couching their cause of action as aFourth Amendment violation or a Fifth Amendment equal protection claim. Plaintiffs werearrested solely because ICE decided to commence removal proceedings against them.To the extent Plaintiffs claim that they do not challenge the commencement ofproceedings but rather the alleged unconstitutional conduct of the federal defendants such acharacterization should be rejected by this Court because at bottom Plaintiffs have challenged thecommencement of proceedings both here and in the Immigration Court. The fact that Plaintiffsseek money damages in this action likewise does not foreclose § 1252(g)’s application to thiscase. Plaintiffs have adequate protections and relief available in Immigration Court to remedy aconstitutional violation and thus protect their rights. In sum, Plaintiffs cannot challenge thepropriety of the arrest and detention in this lawsuit, and this Court thus lacks jurisdiction to hearththose claims. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(g); see also Sissoko v. Rocha, 509 F.3d 947 (9 Cir. 2007)(finding that Section 1252(g) bars an alien’s Bivens action for false arrest); Cf. Medina, 92 F.Supp. 2d at 553 (explaining § 1252(g) does not bar a money damages claim where theimmigration proceedings have terminated).16