MEZERHANE v. REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA

No. 13-14953.

785 F.3d 545 (2015)

Nelson J. MEZERHANE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA, a sovereign nation, Superintendencia de las Instituciones del Sector Bancario, an agency or instrumentality of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Fondo de Protección Social de los Depósitos Bancarios, an agency or instrumentality of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 7, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Aaron Daniel , Kula & Samson, LLP, Aventura, FL, Elliot Burt Kula , Kula & Associates, PA, North Miami, FL, Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga , Clement Ryan Reetz , Bryan Cave, LLP, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Neil Harris Koslowe , Potomac Legal Group, PLLC, Silver Spring, MD, Jose Pertierra , The Law Office of Jose Pertierra, Thomas B. Wilner , Shearman & Sterling, LLP, Washington, DC, Helena Tetzeli , Steven Murray Weinger , Kurzban Kurzban Weinger Tetzeli & Pratt, PA, Carlos Fernando Gonzalez , Michael Diaz, Jr. , Marta Colomar-Garcia , Gary Edward Davidson , Brant C. Hadaway , Diaz Reus & Targ, LLP, Miami, FL, Andrew Z. Schwartz , Richard Grant Baldwin , Foley Hoag, LLP, Boston, MA, Brian Mark Silverio , Silverio & Ball, PA, Naples, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HULL, JULIE CARNES, and WALKER, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiff Nelson Mezerhane appeals the district court's order dismissing his international human rights law complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. In claims against Venezuela and two Venezuelan governmental entities, Mezerhane alleges that the Venezuelan government committed various torts and statutory violations...

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