Legal Opinion
Sutherland v. Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 25, 2001No. CIV. A. 99-3279 RCLPublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
LAMBERTH, District Judge.
On December 13, 1999, the plaintiffs, Thomas Sutherland and his family, filed a multi-count complaint alleging that the defendants were responsible for Thomas Sutherland’s kidnapping, detention, and torture over a 6]é year period. The defendants, despite being properly served with process, failed to answer this charge in any way. Thus, Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson entered the defendants’ default on December 1, 2000.
Notwithstanding this entry of default, a default judgment against a foreign state may not be entered until the plaintiffs have…
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