BARTLETT v. BAASIRI

No. 21-2019 August Term, 2022.

81 F.4th 28 (2023)

Robert BARTLETT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Dr. Muhammad BAASIRI, Movant-Appellant, Jammal Trust Bank Sal, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 24, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Radine ( Gary M. Osen , Dina Gielchinsky , and Aaron Schlanger , on the brief), Osen LLC, Hackensack, NJ, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Mark W. DeLaquil ( David B. Rivkin, Jr. , Elizabeth Price Foley , and Kendall E. Wangsgard , on the brief), Baker & Hostetler LLP, Washington, DC, for Movant-Appellant and Defendant-Appellant.

Lewis S. Yelin , Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC ( Richard C. Visek , Acting Legal Adviser, Department of State; Brian M. Boynton , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Breon Peace , United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; Sharon Swingle , Attorney, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, on the brief), for Amicus Curiae United States of America.

Jay S. Auslander ( Natalie Shkolnik , Michael Van Riper , on the brief), Wilk Auslander LLP, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae Professor Joseph W. Dellapenna.

Before: Jacobs, Park, and Nardini, Circuit Judges.


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