Badr v. Syrian Arab Republic

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JOHN SMITH 1, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 26-1107 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiffs bring this suit on behalf of themselves and the estates of their deceased family members, whom Plaintiffs allege were killed by government officials of the Syrian Arab Republic. See ECF No. 8-1 (Am. Compl.), ¶¶ 60, 74. They seek to proceed pseudonymously and redact certain identifying information from the Complaint, citing fear of retaliation individually and against the decedents’ families. See ECF No.…