(United States Fourth Circuit) - In an action brought under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) and the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA) alleging that defendant,while a colonel in the Somali National Army, kidnapped, and beat,tortured, and shot plaintiff in 1987, and the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's ATS counts and denial of defendant's motion to dismiss the TVPA counts is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff has not pled a claim that touches and concerns the United States that will support ATS jurisdiction; and 2) defendant lacked foreign official immunity for jus cogens violations and the panel refused to overrule circuit precedent.
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