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LEWIS v. MUTOND

No. 17-7118.

918 F.3d 142 (2019)

Darryl LEWIS, Appellant v. Kalev MUTOND, in His Individual Capacity Only, Administrateur Generale, Agence Nationale de Renseignements, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Alexis Thambwe Mwamba, in His Individual Capacity Only, Ministre de la Justice, Garde des Sceaux et Droits Humains, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 12, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merrill C. Godfrey , Washington, DC, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Robert N. Weiner argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Raul R. Herrera , R. Stanton Jones , and Stephen K. Wirth , Washington, DC.

Opinion concurring in the judgment filed by Senior Circuit Judge Randolph.

This case involves a lawsuit brought under the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 ("TVPA"), Pub. L. 102-256, 106 Stat. 73 (1992), by an American citizen who sued two foreign officials from the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("DRC") for alleged torture over a six-week period. Plaintiff seeks compensatory and punitive...

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