No. 23-568

Robert Bartlett, et al. v. Muhammad Baasiri, et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2023-11-28
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (5)Response RequestedRelisted (2)
Tags: 28-usc-1603 circuit-split complaint-filing-time dole-food-precedent dole-food-v-patrickson foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity instrumentality-status jurisdiction jurisdictional-determination standing
Latest Conference: 2024-04-26 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a defendant's status as an instrumentality of a foreign state under 28 U.S.C. § 1603(b)(2) "is determined at the time of the filing of the complaint," as this Court held in Dole Food, or at any time "after a suit is filed," as the Second Circuit held below.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant's status as an instrumentality of a foreign state under 28 U.S.C. § 1603(b)(2) 'is determined at the time of the filing of the complaint,' as this Court held in Dole Food, or at any time 'after a suit is filed,' as the Second Circuit held below

Docket Entries

2024-04-29
Petition DENIED.
2024-04-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2024.
2024-04-04
2024-03-22
2024-01-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 1, 2024, for all respondents.
2024-01-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 16, 2024 to April 1, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-01-17
Response Requested. (Due February 16, 2024)
2024-01-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2023-12-28
2023-12-28
2023-12-28
2023-12-28
Brief amicus curiae of American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists filed.
2023-12-28
2023-11-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 28, 2023)

Attorneys

American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists
Hal R. MorrisSaul Ewing LLP, Amicus
Former National Security Officials
Andrew Laurence FishDuane Morris LLP, Amicus
Investor Choice Advocates Network
Avi WeitzmanPaul Hastings LLP, Amicus
Jewish Organizations and Allies
Mark TrachtenbergHaynes and Boone, LLP, Amicus
Muhammad Baasiri, et al.
David B. Rivkin Jr.Baker & Hostetler LLP, Respondent
Mark Wendell DeLaquilBaker Hostetler, Respondent
Professor William S. Dodge
Douglass A. MitchellJenner & Block LLP, Amicus
Robert Bartlett, et al.
Michael Jacob RadineOsen LLC, Petitioner