Federal Republic of Nigeria v. Ross

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF ) NIGERIA, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) CASE NO. 2:21-CV-572-ECM v. ) [WO] ) ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY, ) et al., ) ) Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER I. INTRODUCTION Before the 2013–14 academic year, the Federal Republic of Nigeria (“Nigeria”) agreed to provide some of its citizens full-ride scholarships to Alabama State University. (“ASU”). Several dozen Nigerian citizens subsequently enrolled at ASU, and Nigeria began footing the bill. Chaos ensued, and now Nigeria seeks some of that…