168 (1978)), “ ‘whatever the subjective intent’ motivating the relevant officials,” id. (quoting Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806, 814, 116 S.Ct. 1769, 135 L.Ed.2d 89 (1996)). Although the Court had recognized certain “limited exception[s]” to this rule, id. at 2080 (alteration in original) (quoting United States v. Knights, 534 U.S. 112, 122, 122 S.Ct. 587, 151 L.Ed.2d 497 (2001)) (internal quotation marks omitted), it had “almost uniformly rejected invitations to probe subjective intent,” id. at 2081. The Court accordingly held that Ashcroft did not violate clearly established law by allegedly authorizing federal prosecutors to use material witness arrest warrants, supported objectively by reasonable suspicion, as a pretext for detaining terrorism suspects. See id. at 2085. 007) (<HOLDING>), vacated and remanded on other grounds, — U.S.
holding that the rights afforded prisoners set a floor for those that must be afforded sexually violent predators subject to civil detention recognizing that the district court is afforded broad discretion in ruling on motions for relief from judgment holding that habeas corpus was not available to prevent the petitioners extradition to cuba despite the fact that he would not be afforded the full panoply of rights afforded to him by the us constitution in a cuban criminal proceeding recognizing the confidentiality ordinarily afforded to settlement agreements holding recording afforded no protection to the claimants thereunder