WARFAA v. ALI

No. 19-1668, No. 19-1675.

1 F.4th 289 (2021)

Farhan Mohamoud Tani WARFAA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Yusuf Abdi ALI, Defendant-Appellant. Farhan Mahamoud Tani Warfaa, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Yusuf Abdi Ali, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Joseph Peter Drennan , Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Paul Daniel Schmitt , DLA PIPER US LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Courtney G. Saleski , Benjamin D. Klein , DLA PIPER US LLP, Washington, D.C.; Carmen K. Cheung , Nushin Sarkarati , Elzbieta T. Matthews , CENTER FOR JUSTICE & ACCOUNTABILITY, San Francisco, California, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Agee wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory and Judge Diaz joined.


Consistent with a jury verdict, the district court entered judgment against Yusuf Abdi Ali on Farhan Mohamoud Tani Warfaa's claim of torture under the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 ("TVPA"), Pub. L. No. 102-256, 106 Stat. 73 (1992) (codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1350 note). On appeal, Ali does not challenge the underlying...

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