| 02 Nov 12 |
Opinion Affirming District Court Denial of Immunity |
| 24 Oct 11 |
Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae Supporting Appellees |
| 03 Oct 11 |
Appellees' Response Brief |
| 08 Jul 11 |
Opening Brief of the Appellant (Samantar) |
| 08 Jul 11 |
Order Denying Motion to Stay Proceedings in the District Court |
| 27 Jun 11 |
Plaintiff (Appellee) Opposition to Motion to Stay Proceedings at the District Court |
| 18 Jun 11 |
Defendant (Appellant) Motion to Stay Proceedings at the District Court |
| 28 Aug 12 |
Final Judgment - Memorandum
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| 28 Aug 12 |
Final Judgment - Order |
| 28 Aug 12 |
Final Judgment - Clerk's Entry of Order |
| 24 Feb 12 |
Transcript of Bench Trial Volume 2 |
| 23 Feb 12 |
Transcript of Bench Trial Volume 1 |
| 23 Feb 12 |
Transcript of Hearing |
| 22 Nov 11 |
Defendant's Reply to Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment |
| 09 Dec 11 |
Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment |
| 22 Nov 11 |
Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment |
| 01 Jul 11 |
Court’s Order to Compel Document Production |
| 29 Jun 11 |
Defendant’s Opposition to Motion to Compel Document Production |
| 24 Jun 11 |
Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Document Production |
| 25 May 11 |
Defendant’s Answer to Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint |
| 18 May 11 |
Court’s Order Denying Motion to Stay Proceedings Pending Appeal |
| 13 May 11 |
Defendant’s Motion to Stay Proceedings Pending Appeal |
| 01 Apr 11 |
Transcript of Court’s Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration |
| 31 Mar 11 |
Defendant's Reply in Support of Motion for Reconsideration |
| 28 Mar 11 |
Plaintiff's Opposition to Motion for Reconsideration |
| 15 Mar 11 |
Brief in Support of Defendant Samantar's Motion to Reconsider |
| 15 Mar 11 |
Def. Motion to Reconsider |
| 15 Feb 11 |
Order Denying Common Law Foreign Official Immunity |
| 05 Jan 11 |
U.S. State Dep't Statement of Interest |
| 06 Jan 11 |
Order Re State Dep't Participation |
| 05 Jan 11 |
U.S. State Dep't Notice of Potential Participation |
| 22 Dec 10 |
Defendant's Reply to Plaintiffs' Opposition to Motion to Dismiss |
| 14 Dec 10 |
Plaintiffs' Opposition to Motion to Dismiss |
| 30 Nov 10 |
Defendant's Brief in Support of Motion to Dismiss Second Amended Complaint |
| 31 Aug 12 |
Plaintiffs’ Adversary Complaint |
| 14 Jun 12 |
Order Denying Motion to Dismiss |
| 07 Jun 12 |
Defendant Opposition to Motion to Dismiss |
| 30 Apr 12 |
Plaintiffs’ Motion to Dismiss |
| 30 Apr 12 |
Plaintiffs’ Response to Trustee’s Report |
| 21 Feb 12 |
Order Granting Motion to Lift Stay |
| 21 Feb 12 |
Hearing on Emergency Motion to Lift Stay |
| 21 Feb 12 |
Trustee’s Response to Motion to Lift Stay |
| 21 Feb 12 |
Plaintiffs’ Emergency Motion to lift Automatic Stay |
| 19 Feb 12 |
Defendant Petition of Bankruptcy |
| 01 Jun 10 |
Supreme Court Decision |
| 03 Mar 10 |
Oral Argument |
| 19 Feb 10 |
Reply Brief of Petitioner Samantar |
| 27 Jan 10 |
Brief for Retired Military Professionals as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents |
| 27 Jan 10 |
Brief of Professors of Public International Law and Comparative Law as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents |
| 27 Jan 10 |
Brief of Amici Curiae Academic Experts in Somali History and Current Affairs in Support of Respondents |
| 27 Jan 10 |
Brief of Former United States Diplomats Morton I. Abramowitz, J. Brian Atwood, Harriet C. Babbitt, Harry G. Barnes, Jr., J.D. Bindenagel, James Bishop, James L. Bullock, A. Peter Burleigh, Hodding Carter III, Goodwin Cooke, Patricia Derian, Robert S. Gelbard, William C. Harrop, Samuel F. Hart, John L. Hirsch, Allen Holmes, Princeton N. Lyman, Marilyn McAfee, James C. O'Brien, Thomas R. Pickering, Laurence E. Pope, David J. Scheffer, John Shattuck, Paul K. Stahnke, Alexander F. Watson and Robert White as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents |
| 27 Jan 10 |
Brief of Professors of International Litigation and Foreign Relations Law as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents |
| 27 Jan 10 |
Brief of Amici Curiae Dolly Filartiga, Sister Dianna Ortiz, and Other Torture Survivors and their Family Members, Human Rights Organizations, Religious Organizations, and Torture Survivors Support Organizations in Support of Respondents |
| 27 Jan 10 |
Brief of the Foreign Minister for the Republic of Somaliland, Abdillahi Mohamed Duale, as Amicus Curiae Supporting Respondents |
| 27 Jan 10 |
Brief of Senator Arlen Specter, Senator Russell D. Feingold and Representative Sheila Jackson Lee as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondents |
| 27 Jan 10 |
Brief of Amicus Curiae Martin Weiss, Gerald Rosenstein, Progressive Jewish Alliance, Association of Humanistic Rabbis, Jews Against Genocide, Stop Genocide Now, Save Darfur Coalition, Darfur and Beyond, Defend Darfur Dallas, Texans Against Genocide, San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition, and Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur Coalition in Support of Respondents |
| 27 Jan 10 |
Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae Supporting Affirmance |
| 20 Jan 10 |
Brief for the Respondents |
| 07 Dec 09 |
Amicus Brief of the Zionist Organization of America, the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, Agudath Israel of America, and the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America in Support of Petitioner Samantar |
| 07 Dec 09 |
Amicus Brief of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Support of Petitioner Samantar |
| 07 Dec 09 |
Amicus Brief of Former Attorneys General of the United States in Support of Petitioner Samantar |
| 07 Dec 09 |
Amicus Brief for the Anti-Defamation League Supporting Neither Side |
| 04 Dec 09 |
Amicus Brief of the American Jewish Congress in Support of Petitioner Samantar |
| 30 Nov 09 |
Brief of Petitioner Samantar |
| 11 Sep 09 |
Reply of Petitioner Samantar In Support of Petition for Writ of Certiorari
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| 28 Aug 09 |
Respondents' Brief in Opposition to Petition for Writ of Certiorari |
| 18 Jun 09 |
Petition for Writ of Certiorari
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| 10 Feb 09 |
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Mandate |
| 02 Feb 09 |
Order Denying Defendant's Petition for Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc |
| 22 Jan 09 |
Defendant’s Petition for Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc |
| 08 Jan 09 |
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Reversal of the District Court Decision to Grant Defendant's Motion to Dismiss |
| 23 Sep 08 |
Fourth Circuit Oral Argument (MP3 File) |
| 16 Jan 08 |
Reply Brief of CJA’s Clients (Plaintiffs-Appellants) |
| 02 Jan 08 |
Brief Submitted by Defendant-Appellee |
| 14 Dec 07 |
Defendant’s Response to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Judicial Notice |
| 07 Dec 07 |
Brief of Torture Survivors Support Organizations, Human Rights Organizations, Religious Organizations, and Torture Survivors and their Family Members as Amici Curiae in Support of the Plaintiffs-Appellants and Reversal of the District Court’s Decision |
| 07 Dec 07 |
Brief of United States Member of Congress and Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of the Plaintiffs-Appellants and Reversal of the District Court's Decision |
| 03 Dec 07 |
Notice Issued to Defendant Requesting Response to Motion for Judicial Notice |
| 30 Nov 07 |
Brief Submitted to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on Behalf of CJA’s Clients Requesting that the Court Overturn the Lower Court’s Decision |
| 30 Nov 07 |
Plaintiffs’ Motion for Judicial Notice in Support of Plaintiffs’ Brief |
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| 16 Jun 06 |
Opinion Upholding the Service of Rule 45 Subpoenas on the U.S. Government
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| 30 Aug 07 |
Plaintiffs’ Notice of Appeal |
| 01 Aug 07 |
Order Granting Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Second Amended Complaint and Entering Judgment in Defendant’s Favor |
| 01 Aug 07 |
Opinion by Judge Brinkema |
| 27 Jun 07 |
Plaintiffs’ Supplemental Filing Relating to Correspondence with the State Department |
| 27 Apr 07 |
Transcript of Motion Hearing before Judge Brinkema |
| 23 Apr 07 |
Defendant’s Reply to Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Second Amended Complaint |
| 18 Apr 07 |
Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss |
| 29 Mar 07 |
Defendant’s Memo of Law in Support of Motion to Dismiss Second Amended Complaint |
| 29 Mar 07 |
Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Second Amended Complaint |
| 09 Mar 07 |
Order Granting Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint including Scheduling Order |
| 08 Mar 07 |
Plaintiffs’ Reply in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint |
| 05 Mar 07 |
Defendant’s Response in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint |
| 22 Feb 07 |
Plaintiffs’ Memo in Support of Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint |
| 22 Feb 07 |
Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint including Attachment of Second Amended Complaint as Exhibit 1 |
| 22 Feb 07 |
Notice of Voluntary Dismissal by Plaintiffs John Doe III and John Doe IV |
| 04 Apr 05 |
Defendant’s Reply to Plaintiffs’ Response to Defendant’s Motion for Leave to File Additional Authority |
| 16 Mar 05 |
Order Granting Defendant’s Motion for Enlargement of Time to File and Motion for Continuance of the Deadline for Reporting the Position of the Department of State |
| 15 Mar 05 |
Defendant’s Motion for Enlargement of Time to File and Motion for Continuance of the Deadline for Reporting the Position of the Department of State |
| 11 Mar 05 |
Defendant’s Motion for Leave to File Additional Authority including Memo in Support of Motion |
| 28 Feb 05 |
Defendant’s Reply to Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint |
| 22 Feb 05 |
Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint |
| 08 Feb 05 |
Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction, Failure to State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can Be Granted and Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction including Memo of Law in Support of Motion |
| 03 Feb 05 |
Defendant’s Report to the Court Regarding Position of the State Department |
| 27 Jan 05 |
First Amended Complaint |
| 07 Jan 05 |
Order Granting Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to Proceed Anonymously |
| 07 Jan 05 |
Transcript of Motions Hearing Before Judge Brinkema |
| 05 Jan 05 |
Defendant’s Response in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to Proceed Anonymously |
| 30 Dec 04 |
Corrected Version of Defendant’s Reply in Support of Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss the Complaint for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction and for Failure to State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can Be Granted |
| 29 Dec 04 |
Plaintiffs’ Memo of Law in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to Proceed Anonymously and in Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Claims of Anonymous Plaintiffs |
| 22 Dec 04 |
Defendant’s Reply in Support of Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss the Complaint for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction and for Failure to State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can Be Granted |
| 20 Dec 04 |
Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Claims of Anonymous Plaintiffs including Memo of Law in Support of Motion |
| 15 Dec 04 |
Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction and for Failure to State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can Be Granted |
| 01 Dec 04 |
Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss the Complaint for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction and for Failure to State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can Be Granted including Defendant’s Memo of Law in Support of Motion |
| 10 Nov 04 |
Complaint for Torture; Extrajudicial Killing; Attempted Extrajudicial Killing; Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; Arbitrary Detention; Crimes Against Humanity; and War Crimes |
