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SIMPSON v. SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA

No. 05-7048.

470 F.3d 356 (2006)

Sandra Jean SIMPSON, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Dr. Mostafa Fahmy Karim, Deceased, Appellee v. SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 21, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arman Dabiri argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Eric C. Sorenson argued the cause and filed the brief for appellee.

Before: ROGERS and GARLAND, Circuit Judges, and SILBERMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.

ROGERS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal follows our remand to afford the plaintiffs an opportunity to amend their complaint to state a cause of action for hostage taking under the 1996 Terrorism Amendment to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA"), 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(7). Simpson v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, 326 F.3d 230 (D.C.Cir.2003) ("

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