Legal Opinion
Nasrin Mohammadi v. Islamic Republic of Iran
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 3, 2015No. 13-7109PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SRINIVASAN.
SRINIVASAN, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs, three Iranian émigré siblings and the estate of their deceased brother, seek recovery for imprisonment, torture, and extrajudicial killing they allegedly suffered at the hands of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The district court dismissed the complaint, finding that it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction, principally because of defendants’ foreign sovereign immunity. The court also denied plaintiffs’ motion for reconsideration and their associated motion for leave to file a fourth amended complaint. We…
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