Doe I v. Cisco Systems, Inc.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DOE I; DOE II; IVY HE; DOE III; No. 15-16909

DOE IV; DOE V; DOE VI;

CHARLES LEE; ROE VII; ROE VIII; D.C. No. 5:11-cv-

LIU GUIFU; DOE IX; WEIYU 02449-EJD

WANG, and those individuals similarly situated,

ORDER

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v.

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.; JOHN

CHAMBERS; FREDY CHEUNG,

AKA Zhang Sihua; DOES, 1-100,

Defendants-Appellees.

Filed September 3, 2024

Before: A. Wallace Tashima, Marsha S. Berzon, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.

Order; Statement by Judge Berzon; Dissent by Judge Bumatay DOE I V. CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.

SUMMARY *

Alien Tort Statute

The panel denied a petition for panel rehearing and a petition for rehearing en banc in a case in which the panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court’s judgment dismissing claims under the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”) and the Torture Victim Protection Act, and remanded. The action was brought by practitioners of Falun Gong who alleged that they or family members were victims of human rights abuses by the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese government officials and that these…