US EditionUS Judge Dismisses Lawsuit by Palestinian Americans Trapped in Gaza
The judge ruled she lacked authority to challenge U.S. foreign policy and found evidence of an evacuation plan, with nine plaintiffs either evacuated or rejecting offers, amid Gaza conflict.
- On Thursday, Chief Judge Virginia Kendall in U.S. District Court in Chicago dismissed an emergency-relief lawsuit after finding evidence of an evacuation plan and that nine Palestinian Americans were either evacuated or declined offers.
- In December 2024, nine Palestinian Americans sued, alleging the government violated their equal-protection rights and failed to evacuate Gaza amid destroyed homes and food shortages.
- The lawsuit names high-level officials including former U.S. President Joe Biden, former Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin; the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the U.S. State Department offered no immediate comment.
- The plaintiffs and their families remain trapped in Gaza amid the Israel–Hamas war, which has killed more than 71,000 Palestinians and follows the October 7, 2023 assault that killed about 1,200 and abducted 251.
- The case highlights logistical and diplomatic obstacles as the judge said U.S. courts are ill-equipped to order evacuations due to coordination with neighboring countries, 'red zones' and the nonexistent U.S. diplomatic presence in Gaza amid the October 7, 2023 assault.
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US judge dismisses lawsuit by Palestinian Americans trapped in Gaza
A federal judge dismissed on Thursday a lawsuit demanding the U.S. government conduct emergency rescues of Palestinian Americans and family members who are trapped in Gaza and trying to escape hardships caused by the war between Israel and Hamas.
US judge dismisses lawsuit by Palestinian Americans, family members trapped in Gaza
According to the judge, evidence showed the US had developed an evacuation plan, and that the nine plaintiffs had either been evacuated or rejected offers that did not cover immediate family members.
Chicago: A federal judge today, Thursday, dismissed an action demanding emergency rescue for Americans of origin, Palestinians, and their family members from Gaza. The President of the United States District Court in Chicago, Virginia Kendall, said that she lacked the authority and tools to assess sensitive foreign policy decisions that fall within the jurisdiction of the executive branch of government, expressing sympathy for difficult position…
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