United States DC Circuit

In an action claiming that the U.S. military abducted plaintiff into slavery and forced him to serve on the front lines in Iraq, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed in part where the Virginia statute of limitations barred plaintiff's fraud claim. However, the order is vacated in part where: 1) sovereign immunity did not protect the Secretary of Defense from plaintiff's non-monetary claims; and 2) even assuming plaintiff was an at-will employee, defendant might nonetheless be obligated to provide promised benefits.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/18/2010
• Decided 05/28/2010
• Published 05/28/2010

Judges

• Before SENTELLE, Chief Judge, HENDERSON and BROWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Abdulwahab Nattah, appearing pro se, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Marina Utgoff Braswell, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for federal appellees. With her on the brief was R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant U.S. Attorney., John F. Scalia argued the cause for appellee L-3 Services, Inc. With him on the brief was Matthew H. Sorensen.