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Chinese teacher’s lawsuit vs CBP officers terminated
U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona has terminated the lawsuit filed by a Chinese teacher who sued eight U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers.
Manglona terminated the lawsuit after Yu Min Zhao neither filed an amended complaint nor an opposition to CBP officer Dennis Jacobs’ motion.
On Jan. 12, 2015, the court granted Jacobs’ motion for judgment on the pleadings, but allowed Zhao to amend her complaint no later than Jan. 27, 2015.
The day before the amendment came due, the parties in the lawsuit asked to extend the deadline to file the amended complaint to Feb. 2, 2015. The court granted the request.
In her order on Thursday, Manglona said the Feb. 2 deadline came but no amended complaint was filed.
Manglona granted Jacobs’ motion for final judgment on the pleadings. The judge also dismissed all claims against the other defendants, who were never identified or served.
Zhao, through counsel Samuel Mok, sued Jacobs and seven other unnamed CBP officers for allegedly denying her entry to Saipan on suspicion that she was pregnant. She claims she was handcuffed, her face slammed against the wall, and placed in isolation for 22 hours.
Zhao alleged that her husband, Li, was admitted to Saipan without incident.
Attorney Mok stated in the complaint that Zhao, a school teacher in China, wanted to visit Saipan with her husband, Li, as a tourist for one week of vacation.
Mok said the incident happened on Oct. 18, 2013, at 3:10am, soon after the couple arrived on Saipan from Beijing via a China Easter Airlines charter flight.
Jacobs denied the allegations against him.
