Ortega Trujillo v. Banco Central Del Ecuador

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART BANCO CENTRAL’S MOTION TO DISMISS, GRANTING DE LA TORRE’S MOTION TO DISMISS, AND DENYING JOINT MOTION TO STRIKE

JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge.

THIS CAUSE comes before the Court on three motions, each filed May 19, 1998:(1) Defendant Banco Central del Ecuador’s (“Banco Central”) Motion To Dismiss Counts I and III of the Complaint; (2) Defendant Augusto de la Torre’s (“de la Torre”) Motion To Dismiss; and (3) Defendant Banco Central and de la Torre’s Joint Motion To Strike Plaintiffs Jury Demand and Punitive Damages Claims. Plaintiffs invoke this…