Ministry of Defense v. Elahi

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND  SUPPORT FOR THE ARMED FORCES OF

No. 03-55015 THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, as

Successor in Interest to the D.C. No. Ministry of War of the CV-98-01165-RMB Government of Iran,  Southern District of Plaintiff-Appellant, California, San Diego v.

ORDER DARIUSH ELAHI,

Intervenor-Appellee.  On Remand from the United States Supreme Court Filed June 23, 2009

Before: Betty B. Fletcher, Kim McLane Wardlaw and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.

COUNSEL

David J. Bederman, Law Office of David J. Bederman, Esq., Atlanta, Georgia (argued), Anthony J. Van Patten, Anthony J. Van Patten, Inc., Glendale, California, Mina Almassi, Los Altos, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Jonathan R. Mook, DiMuroGinsberg, P.C., Alexandria, Vir- ginia (argued), Philip J. Hirschkop, Hirschkop & Assoc., P.C., Alexandria, Virginia, for the intervenor-appellee.

Lewis S. Yelin, Dept. of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C. (argued), Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, 7471 7472 MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND SUPPORT V. ELAHI Carol C. Lam, United States Attorney, Douglas N. Letter, Appellate Litigation Counsel, for United States as Amicus Curiae.

ORDER

We remand to the district court to comply with the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Ministry of Defense and Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Elahi, ___ U.S. ___, 129 S. Ct. 1732 (2009).

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