Atamirzayeva v. United States

BRYSON, Circuit Judge.

Zoya Atamirzayeva filed a claim in the Court of Federal Claims seeking compensation under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution for an alleged taking of property she owned in Uzbekistan. The Court of Federal Claims dismissed Ms. Atamirzayeva’s claim on the pleadings because she did not plead any connection to the United States that would entitle her to relief under the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause. Ms. Atamirzayeva appeals on the ground that the Fifth Amendment does not require a person deprived of property to have any connection to the United States in order…