United States Second Circuit

Sovereign immunity deprived the district court of jurisdiction over plaintiff's equitable claim concerning property destroyed as a result of the World Trade Center attacks; a federal court cannot order the US to compensate for property that cannot be returned pursuant to FRCP rule 41(g).

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/20/2004
• Published 01/20/2004

Judges

• RAGGI, Circuit Judge., Before:  FEINBERG, KEARSE, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Hammed Adeleke, pro se, Fort Dix, New Jersey, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard T. Lunger, Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York (Roslynn R. Mauskopf, United States Attorney;  Deborah B. Zwany, Sarah J. Lum, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), Central Islip, New York, for Defendant-Appellee.