by Jeroslyn JoVonn
February 2, 2026
The wrongful dying lawsuit tied to Shanquella Robinson’s 2022 dying stays unresolved after a federal choose returned the case to state court docket.
The wrongful dying lawsuit tied to Shanquella Robinson’s dying is being despatched again to state court docket after a federal choose dominated that the case now not falls beneath federal jurisdiction.
On Jan. 27, Choose Max Cogburn despatched the civil lawsuit again to Mecklenburg County Superior Court docket, discovering that solely state-law claims stay towards the people who traveled with Robinson to Mexico, the place she died in 2022, WCNC reported. The choice follows the court docket’s earlier dismissal of all federal claims towards the FBI and the U.S. State Division, leaving the case solely towards her journey companions, sometimes called the “Cabo Six.”
Robinson, a 25-year-old Charlotte resident, died whereas vacationing in Mexico on Oct. 29, 2022. The “Cabo Six” proceed to face public scrutiny after a viral video surfaced weeks following Robinson’s dying that appeared to point out her being overwhelmed contained in the villa the place the group was staying. Mexican authorities later dominated her dying a femicide and issued an arrest warrant, although nobody has been extradited or criminally charged in the USA.
Robinson’s mom, Sallamondra Robinson, first filed the lawsuit in Mecklenburg County in October 2024. The case was later moved to federal court docket after the FBI and the U.S. State Division eliminated it, citing federal jurisdiction over claims beneath the Federal Tort Claims Act and the Freedom of Data Act (FOIA).
Nevertheless, the choose dominated that after these federal claims had been dismissed, the court docket now not had jurisdiction over the remaining state-law causes of motion, which embody wrongful dying, negligence, battery, conspiracy, and emotional misery beneath North Carolina legislation. Consequently, the civil case towards the six individuals Robinson traveled with to Cabo San Lucas will return to state court docket.
The defendants proceed to disclaim any wrongdoing, with a number of arguing the case must be dismissed or heard in Mexico somewhat than North Carolina.
Within the federal go well with, Robinson’s household alleged the State Division did not course of an extradition request and that the FBI botched its investigation and improperly withheld information. A choose dismissed these claims in June 2025, citing sovereign immunity and jurisdictional limits, leaving solely state-law claims towards the person defendants.
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