CLARKE v. HOLDER

Civil Action No. 09-0753 (JDB).

767 F.Supp.2d 106 (2011)

Zion CLARKE, Ricardo Defour, Kevon Demerieux, Anderson Straker, Wayne Pierre, Kevin Nixon, and Christopher Sealey, Petitioners, v. Eric HOLDER, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 23, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Brian O'Toole , O'Toole, Rothwell, Nassau & Steinbach, John James Carney , Carney & Carney, Jonathan Seth Zucker , Steven Roy Kiersh , Pleasant S. Brodnax, III , Washington, DC, Reita Pendry , Charlotte, NC, Patrick M. Donahue , Donahue Law Firm, Annapolis, MD, for Petitioners.

William Mark Nebeker , U.S. Attorney's Office, Washington, DC, for Respondents.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN D. BATES, District Judge.

On April 13, 2005, Balram Maharaj, a naturalized U.S. citizen, died while being held for ransom in Trinidad. Petitioners in the present case are seven of the defendants who were charged and convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 1203 of conspiracy and hostage taking resulting in death based on those events. They have long sought to have the indictment dismissed, and their convictions invalidated, based on...

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