Date: 08-17-2017

Case Style: Suleiman Abdullah Salim, et al. v. Dr. Bruce Jessen and Dr. James Mitchell Federal Courthouse - Spokane, Washington

Case Number: 2:15-cv-00286-JLQ

Judge: Justin L. Quackenbush

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington (Spokane County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Anthony DiCaprio, Jeff Finer, Avram Frey, Paul Hoffman, Kate Janukowicz, Dror Ladin, Larry Lustberg, Dan McGrady, Emily Chiang and Hina Shamsi for Suleiman Abdullah Salim, Mohamed Ahmed Ben Soud and Obaid Ullah

Defendant's Attorney: Brian S Paszamant, Henry F Schuelke, III, James T Smith, Christopher W Tompkins and Jeffrey N Rosenthal for James Elmer Mitchell and John Jessen

Timothy Andrew Johnson and Andrew Irwin Warden for the United States of America

Description: Spokane, WA - Doctors Who Approved Torture Settle Lawsuit

Mohamed Ahmed Ben Soud, Obaid Ullah and Suleiman Abdullah Salim sued Dr. Bruce Jessen and Dr. James Mitchell on alien tort claim theories under 28 U.S.C. 1350 claiming that they were injured and harmed as a direct result of brutal interrogation techniques devised by the Defendants for use by the CIA. The Plaintiffs claimed that they were wrongfully tortured by the CIA at secret detention sites.


§1350. Alien's action for tort

The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States.

Outcome: Settled for an undisclosed sum.

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