Islamic American Relief Agency v. Gonzales

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.

SENTELLE, Circuit Judge.

The Islamic American Relief Agency (“IARA-USA”), based in Columbia, Missouri, challenges the district court’s decision upholding the blocking of its assets. The government concluded that the organization was a branch office of a Specially Designated Global Terrorist and invoked its authority under anti-terrorism laws to block IARA-USA assets. In this appeal, IARA-USA contends that the district court erroneously held that the record supports the government’s conclusion, and that it erroneously dismissed and entered…