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FILARTIGA v. PENA-IRALA

No. 79 C 917.

577 F.Supp. 860 (1984)

Dolly M.E. FILARTIGA and Joel Filartiga, Plaintiffs, v. Americo Norberto PENA-IRALA, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

January 10, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Center for Constitutional Rights, New York City (Peter Weiss, Rhonda Copelon, Betty Lawrence Bailey, New York City of counsel), Michael Maggio, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Steven M. Schneebaum, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Intern. Human Rights Law Group.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NICKERSON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, Dolly M.E. and Dr. Joel Filartiga, citizens of Paraguay, brought this action against defendant Pena, also a Paraguayan citizen, and the former Inspector General of Police of Asuncion. They alleged that Pena tortured and murdered Joelito Filartiga, the seventeen year old brother and son, respectively, of plaintiffs, in retaliation for Dr. Filartiga's opposition to President Alfredo Stroessner's government...

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