Sabbithi v. Al Saleh

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) MANI KUMARI SABBITHI, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) Civil Action No. 07-115 (EGS) v. ) ) MAJOR WALEED KH N.S. AL SALEH, ) et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiffs Mani Kumari Sabbithi, Joaquina Quadros, and Gila Sixtina Fernandes, domestic workers from India, bring this action against their former employers Major Waleed KH N.S. Al Saleh, his wife, Maysaa KH A.O.A. Al Omar, (together “defendants”), and the State of Kuwait.1 Plaintiffs bring suit under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (“TVPA”), 18 U.S.C. §…