Legal Opinion
Harrison v. Republic of Sudan
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided January 5, 2018No. 13–cv–3127 (PKC)Published
1Opinion of the Court
P. KEVIN CASTEL, Senior District Judge:
The Central Bank of Sudan ("Central Bank") moves pursuant to Rule 60(b)(4), Fed. R. Civ. P., to vacate an order requiring the Bank of New York Mellon ("BNYM") to turnover a blocked electronic funds transfer ("EFT") purportedly belonging to the Central Bank to petitioners. (Dkt. 532). For the following reasons, the Central Bank's motion is DENIED.
*48BACKGROUND
The turnover order at issue stems from a default judgment entered by the District Court for the District of Columbia against the Republic of Sudan in a suit brought under 28 U.S.C. § 1605A1 by…
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