No. 18A1228

Kalev Mutond, et al. v. Darryl Lewis

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2019-05-29
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: diplomatic-immunity foreign-official-immunity human-rights individual-capacity official-capacity torture-victim-protection-act
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Torture Victim Protection Act abrogates common-law foreign-official immunity for high-ranking government officials sued for alleged human rights violations committed in their official capacity

Docket Entries

2019-05-29
Application (18A1228) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until August 9, 2019.
2019-05-24
Application (18A1228) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 10, 2019 to August 9, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Kalev Mutond and Alexis Thambwe Mwamba
Robert Neil WeinerArnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Petitioner
Robert Neil WeinerArnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Petitioner