Legal Opinion
Padilla Robles v. Kerry
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 21, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2014-0079PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Re Document No.: 10
RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, United States District Judge
Granting Defendants’ Motion To Dismiss
I. INTRODUCTION
A 1972 terrorist attack claimed the life of Juan Padilla Ortiz. After his half-siblings (“Plaintiffs”) were denied monetary compensation by the State Department, they filed the instant action against the Department and the Secretary of State in his official capacity (“Defendants”). Plaintiffs ask this Court to issue a declaratory judgment that the Department’s denial of compensation violated their constitutional and statutory rights, and to order payment of…
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