Legal Opinion
Boniface v. Viliena
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 31, 2018No. 1:17-cv-10477Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS DAVID BONIFACE, NISSAGE MARTYR, * ANDJUDERS YSEMÉ, * * Plaintiffs, * * v. * Civil ActionNo. 17-cv-10477-ADB * JEAN MOROSE VILIENA, * * Defendant. * * MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS AND MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE PARTY BURROUGHS, D.J. Plaintiffs David Boniface, Nissage Martyr, and Juders Ysemé, residents of Les Irois, Haiti,allege that Defendant, as the mayor of Les Irois and the leader of a political party opposed to the party that Plaintiffs support, committed human rights abuses in violation of the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”), 28…
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