Legal Opinion
Ali Jaber v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 22, 2016No. Civil Action No. 15-0840 (ESH)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE, United States District Judge
This case arises from an alleged drone strike that killed five people in Eastern *73Yemen on August 29, 2012. (Compl. [ECF No. 1] ¶¶ 1, 61.) The estates of two of the victims, Salem and Waleed bin Ali Jaber (“Salem” and “Waleed”), bring this suit through a family representative seeking a declaration that the United States and various government officials1 (1) violated the Torture Victim Protection Act (“TVPA”) by carrying out extra-judicial killings, and (2) wrongfully caused the deaths of Salem and Waleed in violation of…
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