ACREE v. REPUBLIC OF IRAQ

Civil Action No. 06-723 (RWR).

658 F.Supp.2d 124 (2009)

Clifford ACREE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. REPUBLIC OF IRAQ, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 30, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Fennell, Mary Woodson Poag, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Washington, DC, Anthony A. Onorato, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, New York, NY, John Norton Moore, Oceans & International, Alexandria, VA, for Plaintiffs.

Timothy B. Mills, Maggs & McDermott, LLC, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

RICHARD W. ROBERTS, District Judge.

After the defendants failed to timely respond to the complaint, plaintiffs, American soldiers held as prisoners of war by the Republic of Iraq during the Gulf War, secured entry of default. Iraq has filed a motion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55(c) to set aside entry of default. Because Iraq has raised meritorious defenses to the plaintiffs' claims and because the plaintiffs...

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