Baker v. Islamic Republic of Iran

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NAMIG BAKER, et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 22-2765 (BAH) v. Judge Beryl A. Howell ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION This action, brought by sixty-one plaintiffs, arises out of sixteen separate terrorist attacks targeting U.S. military personnel that were carried out in Afghanistan between 2008 and 2012. See Compl. ¶ 1, ECF No. 1; Pls.’ Mot. for Default J. (“Pls.’ Mot.”), ECF No. 31, Ex. 1, Pls.’ Proposed Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law (“Pls.’ Mem.”) at 1, 16, ECF No. 31-1. Each of these attacks…