No. 18-681

Chinyere U. Nwoke v. Consulate of Nigeria

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2018-11-23
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 28-usc-1603 28-usc-1605 commercial-activity commercial-activity-exception diplomatic-immunity foreign-service fsia fsia-28-usc-1603 fsia-28-usc-1605(a)(2) missing-passports passport-issuance proper-service-28-usc-1608 service-of-process sovereign-immunity
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the practice of Respondent, CONSULATE OF NIGERIA, NY, that requires consulate officials to leave the New York Consulate office to advertise and conduct national passport issuing exercises in Chicago for extra cash-only fees, violates the Commercial Activity Exception to Sovereign Immunity under the FSIA of 28 U.S.C. § 1603 and 1605(a)(2)?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Whether the practice of Respondent, CONSULATE OF NIGERIA, NY, that requires consulate officials to leave the New York Consulate office to advertise and conduct national passport issuing exercises in Chicago for extra cash-only fees, violates the : Commercial Activity Exception to Sovereign | Immunity under the FSIA of 28 U.S.C. § 1603 and } 1605(a)(2)? 2. Whether the FSIA grants the Respondent immunity when Respondent, after collecting payments and fingerprints from applicants, declares the Nigerian passports missing and irreplaceable? 3. Whether Respondent’s receipt and response to Petitioner’s Complaint; and the district court’s ruling that “the circumstances are sufficient to show proper service,” conform to proper service under 28 U.S.C. § 1608?

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2018-09-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 24, 2018)

Attorneys

Chinyere U. Nwoke
Chinyere Nwoke — Petitioner
Chinyere Nwoke — Petitioner