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BEECHAM v. SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAH

No. 04-7037.

424 F.3d 1109 (2005)

Robert Lee BEECHAM, Personal Representative of the Estate of Kenneth Ford, et al., Appellees v. SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 30, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arman Dabiri argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellants Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, et al.

Steven R. Perles argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Thomas Fortune Fay, Jacob A. Stein, and Robert L. Bredhoff.

Stuart H. Newberger, Clifton S. Elgarten, and Michael L. Martinez were on the brief for amici curiae Blake Kilburn, et al. in support of appellees.

Before: SENTELLE, RANDOLPH, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge.

The Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and other defendants—collectively Libya—appeal the district court's order requiring the parties to confer and propose a jurisdictional discovery plan. Our inquiry begins—and ends—with an examination of our jurisdiction to hear this appeal.

Plaintiffs are victims and estate representatives of victims injured or killed...

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