Humanitarian Law v. U.S. Treasury Dept.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

HUMANITARIAN LAW PROJECT; 

RALPH FERTIG; ILANKAI THAMIL

SANGAM; TAMIL WELFARE AND

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE; WORLD

TAMIL COORDINATING COMMITTEE;

NAGALINGAM JEYALINGAM,

Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. 07-55893 UNITED STATES TREASURY  D.C. No.

CV-05-08047-ABC

DEPARTMENT; TIMOTHY F.

GEITHNER, Secretary of the OPINION Treasury; ERIC H. HOLDER JR., Attorney General; UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE; HILLARY

RODHAM CLINTON, Secretary of State; UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,*

Defendants-Appellees. 

*Timothy F. Geithner is substituted for John W. Snow as Secretary of the Treasury, Eric H. Holder is substituted for Alberto R. Gonzales as Attorney General of the United States, and Hillary Rodham Clinton is sub- stituted for Condoleeza Rice as Secretary of State. Fed. R. App. P. 43(c)(2).

11621 11622 HUMANITARIAN LAW PROJECT v. U.S. TREASURY DEP’T Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Audrey B. Collins, District Judge, Presiding

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