United States v. Schofield

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LAMBERTH, District Judge.

Now before the Court are two motions, one by the plaintiff and one by defendant Ruth Schofield. The plaintiff moves for a default judgment, and the defendant moves to dismiss the complaint. For the following reasons, the Court denies both motions.

BACKGROUND

The country of Iran owns real property located at 3003 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D.C. Under the current diplomatic relations with Iran, the Office of Foreign Missions (“OFM”), a division of the Department of State, is the trustee-landlord of this property. On April 14, 1995, OFM leased…