KNOWLAND v. GREAT SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA et al Featured Case
Plaintiff: PETER KNOWLAND
Defendant: GREAT SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA, LIBYAN INTERNAL SECURITY, LIBYAN EXTERNAL SECURITY, MU'AMMAR AL- QHADHAFI, ABDALLAH AL-SANUSI, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC, SYRAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE and MUHAMMED AL KHULI
Case Number: 1:2008cv01309
Filed: July 30, 2008
Court: US District Court for the District of Columbia
Office: Washington, DC Office
County: 88888
Presiding Judge: Gladys Kessler
Nature of Suit: P.I.: Other
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1602 Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
May 24, 2011 USCA Case Number 11-7045 for 26 Notice of Appeal, filed by PETER KNOWLAND. (rdj)
May 23, 2011 Filing 27 Transmission of the Notice of Appeal, Order Appealed, and Docket Sheet to US Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals fee was paid this date re 26 Notice of Appeal. (rdj)
May 20, 2011 Filing 26 NOTICE OF APPEAL re 21 Order & 24 Order by PETER KNOWLAND. Filing fee $ 455, receipt number 0090-2542526. Fee Status: Fee Paid. Parties have been notified. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit)(Perles, Steven) Modified on 5/23/2011 to add linkage (rdj).
May 20, 2011 Filing 25 Consent MOTION to Substitute Party by PETER KNOWLAND (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C, # 4 Text of Proposed Order)(Kalik, Tracy)
April 21, 2011 Opinion or Order Filing 24 ORDER denying 22 Plaintiff's Motion to Reconsider and 23 Plaintiff's Motion for Extension of Time to File Substitute Legal Representative. See attached Order for further details. Signed by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer on 4/21/11.(lcrmc1)
April 7, 2011 Filing 23 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Substitute Legal Representative by PETER KNOWLAND (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Kalik, Tracy)
March 16, 2011 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER. Plaintiff's counsel has advised the Court that Plaintiff Peter Knowland died on January 20, 2010. Plaintiff's counsel became aware of this fact on October 22, 2010, and shortly thereafter informed the Court that he was "attempting to locate information which would identify the representative of Mr. Knowland's estate... to substitute the Estate of Peter Knowland as the entity on whose behalf this claim is made." See 22 Pl.'s Mot. to Reconsider at 1, fn.1. In order to have standing, a legal representative of Plaintiff's estate must be substituted for Mr. Knowland to continue prosecuting this lawsuit. Plaintiff's counsel shall substitute a legal representative for Mr. Knowland by no later than April 15, 2011, or the Court will dismiss this suit for lack of jurisdiction. See Haase v. Sessions, 835 F.2d 902, 906 (D.C. Cir. 1987) ("[a] defect of standing is a defect in subject matter jurisdiction").Signed by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer on 3/16/11. (lcrmc1)
November 4, 2010 Filing 22 MOTION for Reconsideration re 21 Order on Motion to Dismiss/Lack of Jurisdiction, 20 Order by PETER KNOWLAND (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Exhibit A, # 2 Text of Proposed Order)(Kalik, Tracy)
October 8, 2010 Opinion or Order Filing 21 ORDER granting 13 Defendant's Motion to Dismiss. The Complaint is dismissed against all Defendants. The case is dimissed and closed. See attached Order and 20 Memorandum Opinion for further details. Signed by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer on 10/8/10. (lcrmc1)
October 8, 2010 Opinion or Order Filing 20 MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer on 10/8/10. (lcrmc1)
August 16, 2010 Filing 19 REPLY to opposition to motion re 13 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction filed by SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC. (Clark, Ramsey)
August 11, 2010 Filing 18 Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply by SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC (Clark, Ramsey)
August 11, 2010 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER granting 18 THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC's Motion for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply. THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC shall file a response/reply no later than August 16, 2010. Signed by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer on 8/11/10. (lcrmc1)
July 9, 2010 Set/Reset Deadlines: Reply to 15 due by 8/11/2010. (cdw)
July 9, 2010 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER granting 17 the Syrian Arab Republic's Motion for Extension of Time to file a reply to the 15 Plaintiff's Opposition to the Syrian Arab Republic's Motion to Dismiss. The Syrian Arab Republic shall file a reply no later than August 11, 2010. Signed by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer on 7/9/10. (lcrmc1)
July 8, 2010 Filing 17 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Reply by SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC (Clark, Ramsey)
June 22, 2010 Set/Reset Deadlines/Hearings: Reply to 15 due by 7/12/2010. (cdw)
June 22, 2010 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER granting 16 the Syrian Arab Republic's Motion for Extension of Time to file a Reply to the 15 Plaintiff's Opposition to the 13 Syrian Arab Republic's Motion to Dismiss. The Syrian Arab Republic shall file a Reply no later than July 12, 2010. Signed by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer on 6/22/10. (lcrmc1)
June 18, 2010 Filing 16 MOTION for Extension of Time to file Reply Memorandum on Rule 12(b) motion by SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC (Clark, Ramsey)
June 10, 2010 Filing 15 Memorandum in opposition to re 13 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction filed by PETER KNOWLAND. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Kalik, Tracy)
May 3, 2010 Set/Reset Deadlines/Hearings: Response to Motion to Dismiss due by 6/10/2010. (cdw)
May 3, 2010 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER granting in part and denying in part 14 Plaintiff's Motion for Extension of Time. Plaintiff shall file an opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss no later than June 10, 2010. Signed by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer on 5/3/10. (lcrmc1)
April 30, 2010 Filing 14 Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply as to 13 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction by PETER KNOWLAND (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Kalik, Tracy)
April 26, 2010 Filing 13 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction by SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support Memorandum in Support of 12(b) motion, # 2 Exhibit Exhibits A, B and C, # 3 Text of Proposed Order Proposed Order)(Clark, Ramsey)
March 24, 2010 Set/Reset Deadlines/Hearings: Answer to complaint due by 4/26/2010. (cdw)
March 24, 2010 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER granting 12 Defendant's Motion for Extension of Time. It is hereby ORDERED that Defendant Syrian Arab Republic shall file an answer or other response to the Complaint no later than April 26, 2010. Signed by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer on 3/24/10. (lcrmc1)
March 23, 2010 Filing 12 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply to Complaint by SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Clark, Ramsey)
February 24, 2010 Filing 11 NOTICE of Appearance by Edward B. MacAllister on behalf of PETER KNOWLAND (MacAllister, Edward)
February 24, 2010 Filing 10 NOTICE of Appearance by Steven R. Perles on behalf of PETER KNOWLAND (Perles, Steven)
February 19, 2010 Filing 9 RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed as to SYRIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE served on 1/25/2010, answer due 3/26/2010; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC served on 1/25/2010, answer due 3/26/2010. (Attachments: # 1 Diplomatic note 53, # 2 Diplomatic note 52)(rdj)
January 14, 2010 Filing 8 STATUS REPORT by PETER KNOWLAND. (Kalik, Tracy)
January 11, 2010 Set/Reset Deadlines: Plaintiff's Status Report due by 1/25/2010. (cdw)
January 11, 2010 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER. Plaintiff shall file a status report no later than January 25, 2010, updating the Court as to the status of service of process for the remaining Defendants. Signed by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer on 1/11/10. (lcrmc1)
August 7, 2009 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER approving voluntary dismissal. Parties Great Socialist Peoples Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Libyan Internal Security Agency a/k/a Al 'Amn-al Dhakhili; Libyan External Security Agency a/k/a Al-'Amn al Khariji; and Muammar al-Qhadhafi are hereby DISMISSED from this case. Signed by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer on 8/7/09. (lcrmc1)
July 22, 2009 Filing 7 NOTICE of Appearance by Tracy Reichman Kalik on behalf of all plaintiffs (Kalik, Tracy)
July 22, 2009 Filing 6 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal re Great Socialist Libyan Arab Jamahiriaya, Libyan Internal Security Agency, Libyan External Security Agency,Muammar al-Qhadhafi (Kalik, Tracy)
May 21, 2009 Filing 5 CERTIFICATE OF CLERK of Hand delivering two copies of the summons, complaint, and notice of suit, together with a translation of each into the official language of the foreign state on 05/21/09, by Hand, return receipt requested, to the U. S. Department of State, Edward Betancourt, Director, Office of Policy Review and Interagency Liaison Overseas Citizens Services, 2100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20520, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1608(a)(4). (Attachments: # 1 signed return receipt) (rdj)
May 21, 2009 Filing 4 REQUEST from Plaintiff for the Clerk to effect service of two copies of the summons, complaint, and notice of suit, together with a translation of each into the official language of the foreign state, by hand delivery, return receipt requested, to the U. S. Department of State, Director of Overseas Citizens Services, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1608(a)(4). (rdj)
March 27, 2009 SUMMONS REISSUED as to GREAT SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA only. (kb)
March 24, 2009 SUMMONS REISSUED(7) as to ABDALLAH AL-SANUSI, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC, SYRIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, MUHAMMED AL KHULI, LIBYAN INTERNAL SECURITY, LIBYAN EXTERNAL SECURITY, MU'AMMAR AL- QHADHAFI (rdj)
August 1, 2008 Filing 3 Case Randomly Reassigned to Judge Rosemary M. Collyer. Judge Gladys Kessler no longer assigned to the case. (jeb, )
July 30, 2008 Filing 2 NOTICE OF RELATED CASE by PETER KNOWLAND. Case related to Case No. 06-CV-727,08-CV-529. (tr)
July 30, 2008 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against ABDALLAH AL-SANUSI, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC, SYRIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, MUHAMMED AL KHULI, GREAT SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA, LIBYAN INTERNAL SECURITY, LIBYAN EXTERNAL SECURITY, MU'AMMAR AL- QHADHAFI ( Filing fee $ 350, receipt number 4616013970) filed by PETER KNOWLAND. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(tr)
July 30, 2008 Summons Issued(8) as to ABDALLAH AL-SANUSI, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC, SYRIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, MUHAMMED AL KHULI, GREAT SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA, LIBYAN INTERNAL SECURITY, LIBYAN EXTERNAL SECURITY, MU'AMMAR AL- QHADHAFI. (tr)

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