Atamirzayeva v. United States

OPINION

DAMICH, Chief Judge.

This case is before the Court on Defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings pursuant to RCFC 12(e) and RCFC 12(b)(6). Defendant alleges that Plaintiff, a citizen and resident of Uzbekistan, lacks standing to seek compensation under the Fifth Amendment for the razing of her cafeteria by local Uzbek authorities—allegedly at the behest of United States Embassy officials—in Tashkent, the capital city. For the reasons stated below, the Court hereby GRANTS Defendant’s motion.

BACKGROUND1

Plaintiff was the owner, since 1994, of a cafeteria called Feruza that was…