The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a legal battle over a woman’s lawsuit against the U.S. government for FBI agents mistakenly raiding their home in Atlanta, Georgia.

Trina Martin’s home was broken down by FBI agents before dawn on Oct. 18, 2017. Agents stormed into her bedroom and pointed guns at her and her then-boyfriend while her son, 7, screamed for his mother from another room.

Martin, 46, was blocked from attending to her child for what she said felt like an eternity until agents realized they had busted into the wrong house while looking for a suspected gang member.

An attorney for Martin will go before the Supreme Court on Tuesday to ask for the reinstatement of her 2019 lawsuit against the U.S. government accusing the agents of assault and battery, false arrest and other violations.

The Atlanta home where Trina Martin, her then-boyfriend Toi Cliatt and her 7-year-old son were living when the FBI broke down the door and stormed in, is seen on Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP)

Cliatt was uncuffed, and the agents left for the correct house, where they arrested the man they were searching for.

The agent leading the raid returned later to Martin’s home to apologize and leave a business card with a supervisor’s name. Cliatt said the family received no compensation from the government, not even for the damage to the house.

Martin said the most distressing part of the raid was her son crying.

“When you’re not able to protect your child or at least fight to protect your child, that’s a feeling that no parent ever wants to feel,” she said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.