Quinteros v. Dyncorp

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ______________________________ ) VENANCIO AGUASANTA ARIAS, ) et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) Civil Action No. 01-1908 (RWR) v. ) ) Consolidated with Civil Action DYNCORP, et al., ) No. 07-1042 (RWR) for case ) management and discovery Defendants. ) purposes ______________________________) MEMORANDUM OPINION The Ecuadorian provinces of Sucumbios, Carchi, and Esmeraldas (collectively “provincial plaintiffs”) and approximately 3,200 individual plaintiffs brought this action against the defendants, asserting violations of the Alien Tort Claims…