Legal Opinion
Boniface v. Viliena
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 31, 2018No. Civil Action No. 17-cv-10477-ADBPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALLISON D. BURROUGHS, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
Plaintiffs David Boniface, Nissage Martyr, and Juders Ysemé, residents of Les *56Irois, Haiti, allege that Defendant, as the mayor of Les Irois and the leader of a political party opposed to the party that Plaintiffs support, committed human rights abuses in violation of the Alien Tort Statute ("ATS"), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, and the Torture Victim Protection Act ("TVPA"), Pub. L. No. 102-256, 106 Stat. 73 (1992), 28 U.S.C. § 1350 (codified at note). Now before the Court are Defendant's motion to dismiss [ECF No. 46] and Plaintiffs' motion to substitute…
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