Legal Opinion
Mwani v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 7, 2021No. Civil Action No. 1999-0125Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ODILLIA MUTAKA MWANI, et al. Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 99-cv-125 (GMH) AL QAEDA, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Filed in 1999, this case based on the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, has a long and tortuous procedural history spanning more than 2 decades and 3 presiding federal judges. From November 2014, when the second presiding judge resolved the claims of 380 of the more-than 500 Plaintiffs against the only remaining Defendant—Al Qaeda—which had defaulted, the action lay largely dormant for over 6 years.…
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