Owens v. Taliban

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DATE FILED: 02/03 /2023 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------- X JAMES OWENS, et al., : : Plaintiffs, : -against- : : 22-CV-1949 (VEC) : TALIBAN a/k/a ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF : ORDER AFGHANISTAN, : : Defendants. : -------------------------------------------------------------- X VALERIE CAPRONI, United States District Judge: WHEREAS on February 11, 2022, President Joseph R. Biden, via Executive Order, froze assets held in the name of Da Afghanistan Bank (“DAB”) at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the “N.Y.…