Legal Opinion
Mwani v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 20, 2022No. Civil Action No. 1999-0125Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ODILLIA MUTAKA MWANI, et al. Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 99-cv-125 (GMH) AL-QAEDA, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER This case, which has been pending for more than 20 years, was brought under the Alien Tort Statute (also known as the Alien Tort Claims Act), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, on behalf of over 500 Plaintiffs who claimed to have suffered injuries as a result of the 1998 bombing of the United States Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. Al Qaeda, the sole remaining Defendant, has defaulted. The judge who previously presided over this case held a…
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