Sherry Sullivan v. Republic of Cuba

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

In 2009, a Maine Superior Court awarded the plaintiff, Sherry Sullivan ("Sullivan"), a default judgment of $21 million against the Republic of Cuba for the alleged "extrajudicial killing" of her father, said to be a covert U.S. agent. Sullivan sought to enforce this judgment in federal district court in 2016. When Cuba again failed to appear, Sullivan moved for a default judgment in federal court as well. The district court denied Sullivan's motion and dismissed her suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA"), 28 U.S.C.…