Lizarbe v. Rondon

OPINION

PETER J. MESSITTE, District Judge.

I

Introduction

Teófila Ochoa Lizarbe, individually and as representative of the estates of certain of her relatives, 1 and Cirila Pulido Baldeon, individually and as representative of the estates of two of her relatives, 2 have sued Juan Manuel Rivera Rondon, pursuant to the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, and the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), 28 U.S.C. § 1350. The suit arises out of actions that Rivera Rondon allegedly took while serving in the Peruvian army in 1985 in the Department of Ayacucho in South Central Peru. The suit…