AL SHIMARI v. CACI PREMIER TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Nos. 13-1937, 13-2162.

758 F.3d 516 (2014)

Suhail Najim Abdullah AL SHIMARI; Taha Yaseen Arraq Rashid; Salah Hasan Nusaif Al-Ejaili; Asa'ad Hamza Hanfoosh Alzuba'e, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CACI PREMIER TECHNOLOGY, INC.; CACI International, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, and Timothy Dugan; L-3 Services, Inc., Defendants. Civil Procedure Professors; Dolly Filartiga; Abukar Hassan Ahmed; Daniel Alvarado; Dr. Juan Romagoza Arce; Aldo Cabello; Zita Cabello; Aziz Mohamed Deria; Neris Gonzales; Carlos Mauricio; Gloria Reyes; Oscar Reyes; Cecilia Santos Moran; Zenaida Velasquez; Bashe Abdi Yousuf; International Law Scholars; William R. Casto; Martin S. Flaherty; Nasser Hussein; Stanley N. Katz; Michael Lobban; Jenny S. Martinez; Retired Military Officers; United Nations Special Rapporteurs on Torture, Amici Supporting Appellants. Suhail Najim Abdullah Al Shimari; Taha Yaseen Arraq Rashid; Salah Hasan Nusaif Al-Ejaili; Asa'ad Hamza Hanfoosh Alzuba'e, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CACI Premier Technology, Inc.; CACI International, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, and Timothy Dugan; L-3 Services, Inc., Defendants. Civil Procedure Professors; Dolly Filartiga; Abukar Hassan Ahmed; Daniel Alvarado; Dr. Juan Romagoza Arce; Aldo Cabello; Zita Cabello; Aziz Mohamed Deria; Neris Gonzales; Carlos Mauricio; Gloria Reyes; Oscar Reyes; Cecilia Santos Moran; Zenaida Velasquez; Bashe Abdi Yousef; International Law Scholars; William R. Castro; Martin S. Flaherty; Nasser Hussein; Stanley N. Katz; Michael Lobban; Jenny S. Martinez; Retired Military Officers; United Nations Special Rapporteurs on Torture, Amici Supporting Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 30, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Baher Azmy , Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, New York; Robert P. LoBue , Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York, New York, for Appellants. Joseph William Koegel, Jr. , Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Katherine Gallagher , Jeena Shah , Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, New York; Shereef Hadi Akeel , Akeel & Valentine, P.C., Troy, Michigan; George Brent Mickum IV , Law Firm Of George Brent Mickum IV, Bethesda, Maryland, for Appellants. John F. O'Connor , Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. Tyler R. Giannini , Sarah P. Alexander , International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for Amici William R. Casto, Martin S. Flaherty, Nasser Hussain, Stanley N. Katz, Michael Lobban, and Jenny S. Martinez. Stephen B. Pershing , The Chavers Firm, LLC, Washington, D.C.; Ralph G. Steinhardt , Arin Melissa Brenner , George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C., for Amicus International Law Scholars. Jonathan Hafetz , Rachel Godsil , Jon Romberg , Chelsea Jasnoff , Matthew Mierswa , Center for Social Justice, Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, for Amicus Retired Military Officers. L. Kathleen Roberts , Nushin Sarkarati , Scott A. Gilmore , The Center for Justice & Accountability, San Francisco, California; Ali A. Beydoun , Unrow Human Rights Impact Litigation Clinic, Washington, D.C., for Amici Dolly Filartiga, Abukar Hassan Ahmed, Daniel Alvarado, Juan Romagoza Arce, Aldo Cabello, Zita Cabello, Aziz Mohamed Deria, Neris Gonzales, Carlos Mauricio, Gloria Reyes, Oscar Reyes, Cecilia Santos Moran, Zenaida Velasquez, and Bashe Abdi. Deena R. Hurwitz , Lauren Schnyer , Second Year Law Student, Jennifer Tian , Third Year Law Student, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Amicus United Nations Special Rapporteurs on Torture. Joshua S. Devore , Agnieszka M. Fryszman , Choen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Amici Civil Procedure Professors, Erwin Chemerinsky, Helen Hershkoff, Allan Paul Ides, Stephen I. Vladeck, and Howard M. Wasserman.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge KEENAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge FLOYD and Judge COGBURN joined.


BARBARA MILANO KEENAN, Circuit Judge:

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