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Case Name	Salim v. Mitchell	NS-WA-0003
Docket / Court	2:15-cv-00286 ( E.D. Wash. )
State/Territory	Washington
Case Type(s)	National Security
Attorney Organization	ACLU Chapters (any) ACLU National (all projects)
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

General

Conditions of confinement

International law

Over/Unlawful Detention

Restraints : physical

Terrorism/Post 9-11 issues

Torture

Totality of conditions

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), 28 U.S.C. § 1350

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	James Elmer Mitchell John "Bruce" Jessen
Plaintiff Description	Two men and the estate of a third man, alleging torture while in the custody of the CIA.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	ACLU Chapters (any) ACLU National (all projects)
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Mixed
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Unknown
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Private Settlement Agreement Voluntary Dismissal
Filing Year	2015
Case Ongoing	No reason to think so

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Docket(s)

2:15-cv-286 (E.D. Wash.)
NS-WA-0003-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 08/17/2017
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial [ECF# 1] NS-WA-0003-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/13/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Memorandum Opinion and Order Denying Motion to Dismiss [ECF# 40] (183 F.Supp.3d 1121) (E.D. Wash.) NS-WA-0003-0002.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 04/28/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order Re: Motion to Dismiss [ECF# 135] (2017 WL 390270) (E.D. Wash.) NS-WA-0003-0003.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 01/27/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Memorandum Opinion and Order Denying Both Parties' Motion for Summary Motion [ECF# 239] (268 F.Supp.3d 1132) (E.D. Wash.) NS-WA-0003-0004.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 08/07/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

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Judges	Quackenbush, Justin Lowe (E.D. Wash.) show/hide docs NS-WA-0003-0002 \| NS-WA-0003-0003 \| NS-WA-0003-0004 \| NS-WA-0003-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Baker, La Rond (Washington) show/hide docs NS-WA-0003-0001 \| NS-WA-0003-9000 Chiang, Emily (Washington) show/hide docs NS-WA-0003-9000 Frey, Avram D. (New Jersey) show/hide docs NS-WA-0003-9000 Hoffman, Paul L. (California) show/hide docs NS-WA-0003-0001 \| NS-WA-0003-9000 Jaffer, Jameel (New York) show/hide docs NS-WA-0003-0001 \| NS-WA-0003-9000 Janukowicz, Kate E. (New Jersey) show/hide docs NS-WA-0003-9000 Ladin, Dror (New York) show/hide docs NS-WA-0003-0001 \| NS-WA-0003-9000 Lustberg, Lawrence S. (New Jersey) show/hide docs NS-WA-0003-9000 McGrady, Daniel J. (New Jersey) show/hide docs NS-WA-0003-9000 Shamsi, Hina (New York) show/hide docs NS-WA-0003-0001 \| NS-WA-0003-9000 Watt, Steven M. (New York) show/hide docs NS-WA-0003-0001 \| NS-WA-0003-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Paszamant, Brian S. (Pennsylvania) show/hide docs NS-WA-0003-9000 Rosenthal, Jeffery N. (Pennsylvania) show/hide docs NS-WA-0003-9000 Schuelke, Henry F. III (District of Columbia) show/hide docs NS-WA-0003-9000 Smith, James T. (Pennsylvania) show/hide docs NS-WA-0003-9000 Tompkins, Christopher W. (Washington) show/hide docs NS-WA-0003-9000
Other Lawyers	Johnson, Timothy Andrew (District of Columbia) show/hide docs NS-WA-0003-9000 Warden, Andrew Irwin (District of Columbia) show/hide docs NS-WA-0003-9000

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