Khaled EL-MASRI, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Intervenor-Appellee, and
George J. Tenet; Premier Executive Transport Services; Keeler & Tate Management Group, LLC; Aero Contractors, Limited; Does 1-20, Defendants.
Morton Abramowitz; F. Allen "Tex" Harris; William C. Harrop; Sam Hart; Edward L. Peck; William D. Rogers; Pierre Shostal; E. Michael Southwick; Ward Thompson; Peter Wolcott, Former United States Diplomats, Amici Supporting Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued November 28, 2006.
Decided March 2, 2007.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: Ben Wizner, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, New York, for Appellant. Gregory George Katsas, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Ann Beeson, Melissa Goodman, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, New York; Victor M. Glasberg, Victor M. Glasburg & Associates, Alexandria, Virginia; Paul Hoffman, Schonbrun, Desimone, Seplow, Harris & Hoffman, Venice, California; Rebecca Glenberg, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Douglas Letter, Terrorism Litigation, H. Thomas Byron, III, Attorney, Appellate Staff, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; John A. Rizzo, Acting General, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.; Chuck Rosenberg, United States Attorney, R. Joseph Sher, Assistant United States Attorney, Dennis C. Barghaan, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Larry Lee Gregg, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee. Sidney S. Rosdeitcher, David M. Cave, Colin McNary, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, L.L.P., New York, New York; Aziz Huq, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York, New York, for Amici Supporting Appellant.
Before KING, SHEDD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge SHEDD and Judge DUNCAN joined.
KING, Circuit Judge.
Khaled El-Masri appeals from the dismissal of his civil action against former Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet, three corporate defendants, ten unnamed employees of the Central Intelligence Agency (the "CIA"), and ten unnamed employees of the defendant corporations.1 In his Complaint in the...
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