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418 F.Supp.2d 553 (2006) Janet Ray WEININGER, Plaintiff, v. Fidel CASTRO, et al., Defendants. No. 05 Civ. 7214(VM). United States District Court, S.D. New York. March 2, 2006. James Wilson Perkins, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York City, for Janet Ray Weininger, Individually, Plaintiff. James Loran Kerr, Karen E. Wagner, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York Cit

462 F.Supp.2d 457 (2006) Janet Ray WEININGER, Plaintiff, v. Fidel CASTRO, et al., Defendants. No. 05 Civ. 7214(VM). United States District Court, S.D. New York. November 17, 2006. *458 *459 *460 *461 James Wilson Perkins

PRESIDING JUSTICE McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court: Plaintiff Barbara Weininger sued Dr. Vasilis K. Siomopoulos, Resurrection Health Care, Saint Francis Hospital and Linda Lewandowski for negligent care and treatment of her mental problems. Weininger alleged that as a consequence of the negligent treatment, she had

MEMORANDUM OPINION GLADYS KESSLER, District Judge. There are seven motions pending at this time. 1 They are: (1) Winmar’s Motion for Order to Strike Forged Stipulation Presented to the Court by Leslie H. Wiesenfelder of Dow Lohnes, PLLC [Dkt. No. 148], (2) Motion of Garnishees Al Jazee

21-2043 Christine Levinson et al. v. Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Berhad 1 21-2043 2 Christine Levinson et al. v. Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Berhad 3 4 In the 5 United States Court of Appeals 6 For the Second Circuit 7 8 9 August Term, 2021 10 11 No. 21-2043 12 13

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA KEITH STANSELL et al., Plaintiffs, v. Misc. Action No. 10-471 (TJK) REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES OF COLOMBIA (FARC) et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiffs move for writs of attachment against blocked assets belonging to four purported

*750In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Bunyan, J.), dated December 5, 2012, as denied their motion, inter alla, to dismiss the complaint as abandoned pursuant to CPLR 3215 (c), and granted those branches of the plaintiffs cross motion which were, in effect, to extend hi

*750In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Bunyan, J.), dated December 5, 2012, as denied their motion, inter alla, to dismiss the complaint as abandoned pursuant to CPLR 3215 (c), and granted those branches of the plaintiffs cross motion which were, in effect, to extend hi

MEMORANDUM & ORDER PAMELA K. CHEN, District Judge: Pending before the Court are the cross letter-motions of Plaintiff and Defendant, respectively. Plaintiff moves to remand this action to state court on the basis that removal was improper because the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over this judgment enforcement action. (Dkt. 9.) Defendant moves to dismiss or, alternatively, to deem

OPINION AND ORDER VALERIE'CAPRONI, United'States District Judge: Foreign sovereigns may not be hauled into courts of the United States unless an exception to sovereign immunity applies. Plaintiffs seek to domesticate a Florida judgment against the' Republic of Cuba and its most senior officers for the wrongful death of their relative. The decedent was a first lieutenant in the Cuban army; he was killed in

DECISION AND ORDER VICTOR MARRERO, United States District Judge. Plaintiff Ana Margarita Martinez (“Martinez”) filed an Amended Complaint *186(“Amended Complaint,” Dkt. No. 16) against defendant JPMorgan Chase, N.A. (“JPM Chase”) as part of her continuing efforts to collect on a default judgment against the Republic of Cuba (“Cuba”). Mar

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS. WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge: Nilo Jerez filed suit in Florida state court against the Republic of Cuba and various codefendants, including Fidel Castro and the “Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces,” alleging that he had suffered horrifying torture at their hands and continued to suffer the conseq

Judge Chin dissents in a separate opinion. BARRINGTON D. PARKER, Circuit Judge: *154 John Doe is a judgment creditor who seeks attachment and turnover of electronic fund transfers (" EFTs ") initiated by sanctioned foreign terrorist organizations w

DECISION AND ORDER VICTOR MARRERO, District Judge. Presently before the Court are: (1) the submission in this matter from petitioner Jeannette Hausler (“Hausler”) and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPM Chase”) (collectively, the “Parties”), dated September 3, 2016 (“September 3 Submission,” Dkt. No. 641), made pursuant to Section IV of the Court’s Order dated August 4, 2015 (“August 4 Order,” Dkt. 6

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JOSHUA L. HOLLADAY et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 17-915 (RDM) ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER More than one hundred Plaintiffs, including American soldiers and others injured or killed in forty-thre

ORDER AND OPINION DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS BY BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA (S.A.) ALVIN K. HELLERSTEIN, District Judge: Petitioners are successors of persons who were tortured or assassinated by agents of the Republic of Cuba. Each secured a judgment against Cuba from the Florida Circuit Court for wrongfully causing their predecessors’ deaths, following defaults in appearance by Cuba. Each jud

CHIN, Circuit'Judge: On October 12, 2000, an explosive-laden skiff pulled up alongside the U.S.S. Cole, which was docked for refueling at the port of Aden, Yemen, and detonated. Seventeen U.S. Navy sailors were killed in the attack, and forty-two wounded. Fifteen of the injured sailors and three of their spouses brought suit in 2010 in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the “D.C. District Court”)

MEMORANDUM OPINION RICHARD W. ROBERTS, Chief Judge. Plaintiff Nilo Jerez brought this action to enforce a default judgment against defendants the Republic of Cuba, Fidel Castro Ruz, Raul Castro Ruz, the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces and El Ministerio Del Interior. The motion by entities that Jerez alleged in an application for a writ of atta

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TIG INSURANCE COMPANY, Judgment Creditor, v. No. 18-mc-00129 (DLF) REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA et al., Judgment Debtor. MEMORANDUM OPINION In this miscellaneous action, TIG Insurance Company moves for a writ of attachment and writ of executi

WILSON, Circuit Judge: These appeals arise from the collection efforts of victims of a terrorist kidnapping in Colombia. After obtaining a nine-figure default judgment against their captor, they attempted to collect through a series of ex parte garnishments and executions against third parties with purported illicit ties to the , captor. The third-party claimants challenge the jud