Legal Opinion
Leon Rengel v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 3, 2026No. Civil Action No. 2026-1008Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NEIYERVER ADRIÁN LEON RENGEL, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 26-1008 (JEB) UNITED STATES, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel is a Venezuelan national who was summarily removed from the United States and flown to El Salvador’s mega-prison CECOT in March 2025 after he was wrongly deemed to be a member of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. Seeking recompense for his ill treatment, Plaintiff filed suit in this district against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act. The Government has now…
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