CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Federal agencies in the Shanquella Robinson case filed a motion to dismiss the wrongful death lawsuit due to lack of jurisdiction over the claims made against the defendants.
In October 2022, 25-year-old Shanquella Robinson and six others, known now as the “Cabo Six”, took a vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Shortly after the Cabo Six arrived, Shanquella was pronounced dead by medical personnel on October 29.
The autopsy report done in Mexico showed the cause of death was a severe spinal cord injury and neck trauma. However, when her body was returned home, a second autopsy by the FBI contradicted the report.
In November 2022, the FBI informed Shanquella’s mother, Sallamondra Robinson “that it opened an investigation into the murder of Shanquella Robinson,” but in April 2023 told Sallamondra, her family and the public that the agency was no longer pursuing federal prosecution of the Cabo Six.
The allegations in the wrongful death lawsuit, filed in October 2024, alleging that the FBI and Department of State of negligence, claiming they didn’t take the case seriously and a delay between autopsies led to different results. The lawsuit also accuses the Cabo Six of lying about Shanquella’s death and trying to cover it up.
Mexican authorities issued an arrest warrant for one of the Cabo Six, but the State Department never forwarded the request to the International Affairs office so they were never extradited.
The lawsuit also alleges the FBI took a few months to close their investigation into this case but has failed to produce documents requested in a Freedom Of Information Act request.
The defendants argue the plaintiffs don’t have jurisdiction over their claims against the federal agencies, stating the FBI is barred from any claims based on an injury sustained in a foreign country as well as saying Robinson had not “exhausted their administrative remedies” before presenting their claims against the State Department.
Additionally, the federal agencies say:
A. The Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over Plaintiff’s Putative Tort Claim Against the FBI due to
the Discretionary Function Exception to the FTCA.
B. The Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over Plaintiff’s Putative Tort Claims Against Federal
Defendants Because There exists no Private Party Analogue.
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