Legal Opinion
Asemani v. Syrian Arab Republic
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 30, 2009No. Civil Action No. 2009-1158Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BILLY G. ASEMANI, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 09-1158 (EGS) ) ) Document Nos. 14, 18 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ____________________________________) MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff is a prisoner at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Eastover, Maryland. He sues, inter alia, the Syrian Arab Republic and Syrian officials under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”),
28 U.S.C. §§ 1602-1611
(2008).1 Plaintiff alleges that defendants provided information to two Iranian terrorist organizations…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Saudi Arabia v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Bodoff v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2006
- United States v. Sabri YakouCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2005
- Asemani v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2003
- Sabbithi v. Al SalehDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2009