IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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Nos. 11-11125 & 11-11690
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MERCURIO INTERNATIONAL,
Appellant, v.
KEITH STANSELL, ET AL,
Appellees.
ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
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BRIEF FOR THE UNITED STATES AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF REVERSAL
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INTRODUCTION AND INTEREST OF THE UNITED STATES
The United States is filing an amicus curiae brief because the parties’ briefs have unfortunately focused entirely on the wrong legal questions. The district court, and the private parties, have overlooked a fundamental and dispositive point that requires reversal of the district court’s garnishment order.
We emphasize that the United States fully sympathizes with the plaintiff victims and condemns the violent acts by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (in Spanish, the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or...
1) CONSOLIDATED BACKGROUND ON DOCUMENTS RELATED TO STANSELL ET AL V. FARC LITIGATION AND OFAC CORRESPONDENCE
The Research System contains the following documents, all related to the same TRIA asset attachment litigation
*Stansell v. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colom. (Mercurio) (11th Cir. 2013) - OFAC Amicus Brief (2011)
*Stansell v. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colom. (Mercurio), 704 F.3d 910, 915–17 (11th Cir. 2013)
*Case No. FNK-2013-299796 (related to the Stansell v. Revolutionary Armed Forces Colom. case above)
*Stansell v. Revolutionary Armed Forces Colombia 771 F.3d 713 (11th Cir. 2014)
*Stansell et al v. FARC et al. 8:09-cv-02308-CEH-AAS (Dkt. 1197) (M.D.FL. 2019) – USG Statement of Interest (2019)
The litigation is fundamentally a FISA/TRIA attachment case, but some of the issues raised and resolved have implications for questions concerning OFAC's administration...