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Salim V. Mitchell Case: 2:15-cv-00286-JLQ As of: 03/28/2019 01:14 PM PDT 1 of 25 CLOSED,JURY,LC01,PROTO Eastern District of Washington U.S. District Court (Spokane) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 2:15−cv−00286−JLQ Salim et al v. Mitchell et al Date Filed: 10/13/2015 Assigned to: Senior Judge Justin L. Quackenbush Date Terminated: 08/17/2017 Case in other court: District of Columbia, Jury Demand: Plaintiff 1:16−MC−1799−KBJ Nature of Suit: 890 Other Statutory Cause: 28:1350 Alien Tort Statute Actions Jurisdiction: Federal Question Plaintiff Suleiman Abdullah Salim represented by Anthony P DiCaprio Law Office of Anthony DiCaprio 64 Purchase Street Rye, NY 10580 917−439−5166 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Avram D Frey Gibbons PC One Gateway Center Newark, NJ 07102 973−596−4415 Fax: 973−639−6358 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Daniel J McGrady Gibbons PC One Gateway Center Newark, NJ 07102 973−596−4500 Fax: 973−639−6465 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Dror Ladin American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 125 Broad St, 17th Floor New York, NY 10004 212−284−7303 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Hina Shamsi American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 125 Broad St, 17th Floor New York, NY 10004 212−284−7321 Email: [email protected] Case: 2:15-cv-00286-JLQ As of: 03/28/2019 01:14 PM PDT 2 of 25 LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Jeffry Keith Finer Finer & Winn PS 421 W Riverside Suite 1081 Spokane, WA 99201 509−279−2709 Fax: 509−955−3740 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Kate E Janukowicz Gibbons PC One Gateway Center Newark, NJ 07102 973−596−4500 Fax: 973−639−8325 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Lawrence S Lustberg Gibbons PC One Gateway Center Newark, NJ 07102 973−596−4500 Fax: 973−639−6285 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Paul L Hoffman Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman LLP 723 Ocean Front Walk Suite 100 Venice, CA 90291 310−396−0731 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Steven Watt American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 125 Broad St, 17th Floor New York, NY 10004 212−519−7870 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Emily Chiang ACLU of Washington 901 5th Avenue Suite 630 Seattle, WA 98164 206−624−2184 Case: 2:15-cv-00286-JLQ As of: 03/28/2019 01:14 PM PDT 3 of 25 Email: echiang@aclu−wa.org ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Jameel Jaffer Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University 475 Riverside Drive Suite 302 New York, NY 10115 6467458500 Email: [email protected] TERMINATED: 08/31/2016 PRO HAC VICE La Rond Baker ACLU of Washington 901 5th Avenue Suite 630 Seattle, WA 98164 206−624−2184 Email: lbaker@aclu−wa.org TERMINATED: 06/16/2016 Plaintiff Mohamed Ahmed Ben Soud represented by Anthony P DiCaprio (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Avram D Frey (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Daniel J McGrady (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Dror Ladin (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Hina Shamsi (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Jeffry Keith Finer (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Kate E Janukowicz (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Case: 2:15-cv-00286-JLQ As of: 03/28/2019 01:14 PM PDT 4 of 25 Lawrence S Lustberg (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Paul L Hoffman (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Steven Watt (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Emily Chiang (See above for address) ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Jameel Jaffer (See above for address) TERMINATED: 08/31/2016 PRO HAC VICE La Rond Baker (See above for address) TERMINATED: 06/16/2016 Plaintiff Obaid Ullah represented by Anthony P DiCaprio as personal representative of Gul (See above for address) Rahman LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Avram D Frey (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Daniel J McGrady (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Dror Ladin (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Hina Shamsi (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Jeffry Keith Finer (See above for address) Case: 2:15-cv-00286-JLQ As of: 03/28/2019 01:14 PM PDT 5 of 25 LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Kate E Janukowicz (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Lawrence S Lustberg (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Paul L Hoffman (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Steven Watt (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Emily Chiang (See above for address) ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Jameel Jaffer (See above for address) TERMINATED: 08/31/2016 PRO HAC VICE La Rond Baker (See above for address) TERMINATED: 06/16/2016 V. Defendant James Elmer Mitchell represented by Brian S Paszamant Blank Rome LLP One Logan Square 130 North 18th Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 215−569−5791 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Henry F Schuelke , III Blank Rome LLP 600 New Hampshire Avenue NW Washington, DC 20037 202−772−5800 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED James T Smith Case: 2:15-cv-00286-JLQ As of: 03/28/2019 01:14 PM PDT 6 of 25 Blank Rome LLP One Logan Square 130 North 18th Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 215−569−5643 Fax: 215−832−5643 Email: smith−[email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Jeffrey N Rosenthal Blank Rome LLP One Logan Square 130 N 18th Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 215−569−5553 Fax: 215−832−5553 Email: rosenthal−[email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Christopher W Tompkins Betts Patterson Mines PS 701 Pike Street Suite 1400 Seattle, WA 98101−3927 206−292−9988 Fax: 12063437053 Email: [email protected] ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Defendant John Jessen represented by Brian S Paszamant also known as (See above for address) Bruce Jessen LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Henry F Schuelke , III (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED James T Smith (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Jeffrey N Rosenthal (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Christopher W Tompkins (See above for address) ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Interested Party United States of America represented by Case: 2:15-cv-00286-JLQ As of: 03/28/2019 01:14 PM PDT 7 of 25 Andrew Irwin Warden United States Department of Justice 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20530 202−616−5084 Fax: 202−616−8470 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Timothy Andrew Johnson US Department of Justice Civil Division Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW Room 7322 Washington, DC 20530 202−514−1359 Fax: 202−616−8470 Email: [email protected] ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Date Filed # Docket Text 10/13/2015 1 COMPLAINT against John Jessen and James Elmer Mitchell (Receipt # SPO025286) Jury Demand. Filed by Suleiman Abdullah Salim, Obaid Ullah, and Mohamed Ahmed Ben Soud. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(CC, Case Administrator) (Entered: 10/13/2015) 10/13/2015 Notice of Judge Assignment. Senior Judge Justin L. Quackenbush assigned to case. (CC, Case Administrator) (Entered: 10/13/2015) 10/13/2015 2 Summons Issued as to John Jessen and James Elmer Mitchell. (Attachments: # 1 Summons)(CC, Case Administrator) (Entered: 10/13/2015) 10/23/2015 3 MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice re Attorney: Dror Ladin. Filing fee $ 200, receipt number 0980−2191812. by All Plaintiffs. Motion Hearing set for 11/23/2015 Without Oral Argument before Senior Judge Justin L. Quackenbush. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order Proposed Order Granting Admission Pro Hac Vice of Dror Ladin)(Baker, La Rond) (Entered: 10/23/2015) 10/23/2015 4 MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice re Attorney: Jameel Jaffer. Filing fee $ 200, receipt number 0980−2191831. by All Plaintiffs. Motion Hearing set for 11/23/2015 Without Oral Argument before Senior Judge Justin L. Quackenbush. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order Proposed Order Granting Admission Pro Hac Vice of Jameel Jaffer)(Baker, La Rond) (Entered: 10/23/2015) 10/23/2015 5 MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice re Attorney: Hina Shamsi. Filing fee $ 200, receipt number 0980−2191839. by All Plaintiffs. Motion Hearing set for 11/23/2015 Without Oral Argument before Senior Judge Justin L. Quackenbush. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order Proposed Order Granting Admission Pro Hac Vice of Hina Shamsi)(Baker, La Rond) (Entered: 10/23/2015) 10/23/2015 6 MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice re Attorney: Steven Watt.
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