US EditionSupreme Court revives lawsuit from Atlanta family whose home was wrongly raided by the FBI
- The US Supreme Court decided unanimously on Thursday that the Atlanta family affected by a mistaken FBI raid in 2017 may continue pursuing their legal case.
- The case arose after an armed FBI SWAT team mistakenly entered the family's home due to a GPS error, pointing guns and setting off a flashbang grenade.
- Lower courts dismissed the lawsuit, citing the Supremacy Clause and the claim the error was honest, but the family’s lawyers appealed, arguing Congress permits such lawsuits.
- Advocacy organizations representing diverse political viewpoints called on the Supreme Court to reverse the dismissal, cautioning that upholding it would limit the ability to hold federal law enforcement accountable through lawsuits.
- The ruling revives the family's legal claim and reignites a debate on federal immunity and law enforcement accountability in raids on the wrong homes.
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Enid News & EagleIn NCLA Amicus Win, Supreme Court Revives Innocent Family’s Suit over FBI’s Wrong-House Raid
Washington, DC, June 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ dismissal of Martin v. United States, an Atlanta family’s Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) suit against the government for…
Supreme Court Revives Lawsuit Over FBI SWAT Raid on Innocent Family
In a rare unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has revived a lawsuit filed by Atlanta residents Curtrina Martin and Hilliard Cliatt, whose home was mistakenly raided by FBI SWAT agents in 2017. The family had their lawsuit dismissed by lower courts, but now the justices have sent the case back to the 11th Circuit to reconsider key legal questions under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). Supreme Court Revives Lawsuit Over FBI SWAT Raid on …
SCOTUS Rules Atlanta Family Can Sue Gov’t in Wrongful Raid Case
The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled in favor of a family whose Atlanta home was wrongfully raided in the middle of the night by FBI agents eight years ago, allowing their damages lawsuit against the federal government to move forward. In 2017, Curtrina Martin, her partner and her then-7-year-old son were abruptly awoken when a six-agent SWAT team smashed their front door with a battering ram, detonated a flashbang grenade and raided …
U.S. Supreme Court sides with victims of botched FBI raid on their home
ATLANTA — A botched FBI raid on a suburban Atlanta home has led to a U.S. Supreme Court decision against the government in a lawsuit brought by the victims. In October 2017, a six-member SWAT team rammed the door of “a quiet family home” and tossed in a flash-bang grenade. The raiding party had relied on a GPS device to locate a suspected gang hideout, failing to notice the address on the mailbox. The agents had mistakenly entered the home of Hi…
US Supreme Court allows family to sue over mistaken FBI raid
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of an Atlanta family attempting to sue the government for damages after their home was mistakenly raided by an FBI Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team. The unanimous decision rejected a lower court’s ruling and remanded the case for further proceedings. Justice Neil Gorsuch delivered the court’s opinion, with a concurrent opinion filed by Justice Sonia Sotomayor and joined by Justice Ketanji Brown…
Unanimous SCOTUS Decision in Federal Tort Claims Act Case Involving FBI Wrong House Raid.
The Federal Tort Claims Act enables individuals to hold the FBI accountable for assault, battery, and false imprisonment during “wrong house raids.” The Martin family had been subjected to the horrors of such a raid on their home in Atlanta in 2017,...
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