ABRAHAM v. SINGH

No. 05-30860.

480 F.3d 351 (2007)

Roy ABRAHAM; et al., Plaintiffs, Roy Abraham; Jacob George; Cicil Antony Akkara; Appala Raju Allipilli; Samuel Kutty Ampazhatthummootil; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. B.J. SINGH, individually etc.; et al., Defendants, Chad Chandler, individually; Falcon Steel Structures, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 26, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Kent Felty (argued), Tulsa, OK, Brent D. Burley, The Burley Law Firm, Gonzales, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Michael Reese Davis (argued), L.J. Hymel, Hymel, Davis & Petersen, LLC, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and WIENER and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:

What began with promising hopes for employment in the United States culminated in this RICO lawsuit by Indian citizens who were recruited under false pretenses to become steelworkers in Louisiana. The Plaintiffs appeal the district court's Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) dismissal of their claim that Defendants violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968. Because the...

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