Eastern Carpet House, Inc. v. Department of Homeland Security Ex Rel. Chertoff

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HARMON, District Judge.

Pending before the Court are Defendants’ motion to dismiss for a lack of subject matter jurisdiction or, alternatively, for summary judgment (Instrument No. 7) and Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment (Instrument No. 16). For the following reasons the court ORDERS that Defendants’ motion is GRANTED. Plaintiffs’ motion is DENIED.

I. RELEVANT FACTS

Sonsy International (“Sonsy”) is a Pakistani company in the business of exporting carpets and other handicrafts. It does business in the United States through a Texas corporation named Eastern…