Legal Opinion
Ford v. Clement
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 8, 1993No. 92 Civ. 3508 (SS)PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SOTOMAYOR, District Judge.
Defendants move to dismiss the .Third Amended Complaint (“Complaint”) under principles of consular immunity and foreign sovereign immunity, and for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. For the reasons stated below, the motion is GRANTED and the case is DISMISSED.
I. Background
The pro se plaintiffs in this action are Sonia Ford, formerly Vice Consul of the Republic of Panama in New York, and her husband, Mason Ford. In their Complaint, plaintiffs allege harms caused by defendant Luis Felipe Clement, Consul General of…
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