Legal Opinion
Farhan Warfaa v. Yusuf Ali
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 1, 2016No. 14-1810, 14-1934PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge AGEE wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge DIAZ joined. Judge GREGORY wrote a separate opinion dissenting in part.
AGEE, Circuit Judge:
Farhan Warfaa alleges that in 1987, a group of soldiers kidnapped him from his home in northern Somalia. Over the next several months, Warfaa claims he was beaten, tortured, shot, and ultimately left for dead at the direction of Yusuf Ali, a colonel in the Somali National Army at the time. Warfaa later sued Ali under the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, and the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991…
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