Legal Opinion
Doe v. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 14, 2017No. 16-7081PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff John Doe — proceeding pseudonymously as “Kidane” — ciaims he was tricked into downloading a computer program. The program allegedly enabled the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Ethiopia) to spy on him from abroad. He wants to sue the Republic of Ethiopia. But foreign states are immune from suit unless an exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) applies. Ki-dane invokes the FSIA’s exception for noncommercial torts. We conclude his reliance is misplaced. The noncommercial-tort exception abrogates sovereign immunity for a…
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