MOORE v. UNITED KINGDOM

No. 01-36146.

384 F.3d 1079 (2004)

Robert E. MOORE, a single man, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The UNITED KINGDOM, a foreign government; Kenneth Southall; John Does, I-X, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 23, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Bryon Holcomb, Bainbridge Island, WA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Sushma Soni, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice for the amicus curiae.

Before B. FLETCHER, HAMILTON, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.


BERZON, Circuit Judge.

This case, which centers on a January 1997 bar fight in Tacoma, Washington, raises several questions of first impression in this circuit. Central among them is whether the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Status of Forces Agreement (NATO-SOFA), June 19, 1951, 4 U.S.T. 1792, TIAS No. 2846, precludes suit against the United Kingdom under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1602 et seq., for noncommercial...

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