U.S. Court Rules on Initial Defenses in Alvarez-Machain Civil Suit

On January 23, 1995, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued a memorandum opinion concerning defendants efforts to dismiss and/or substitute other parties in the civil action brought by Dr. Humberto Alvarez Machain, the victim of an abduction directed by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration officials. Although the opinion has mixed results, on the whole it allows Alvarez Machain to pursue his human rights claims…(more)