Weinstock v. Republic of the Sudan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Sharon Weinstock, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Civil Case No. 20-cv-3021 (RJL) ) Republic of the Sudan, et al, ) ) Defendants. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Pe March _X©, 2025 [Dkt. #18] I. BACKGROUND On November 30, 1993, Yitzach Weinstock (“Weinstock”), a U.S. citizen, was visiting Jerusalem when he was killed in a terrorist attack carried out by Hamas operatives. Am. Compl. [Dkt. #8] 9] 45-53. Decades later, on October 20, 2020, Weinstock’s estate and members of his family (collectively, “plaintiffs’) filed this suit against Sudan,…