Pleadings HomeWhat We DoLitigationChavez v. CarranzaU.S. Court: Alien Tort Statute/Torture Victim Protection ActPleadings BROWSE BY COURT » United States Supreme Court » United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit » United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee United States Supreme Court 05 Oct 09 Petition for Writ of Certiorari Denied by USSC 09 Jul 09 Petitioner’s Reply Brief 01 Jun 09 Respondents’ Brief in Opposition 28 May 09 Brief of Amicus Curiae Republic of El Salvador in Support of Petitioner 28 May 09 Carranza’s Petition for Writ of Certiorari United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 17 Mar 09 Decision Affirming Verdict 28 Oct 08 Oral Argument (MP3 Audio File) 25 Jun 08 Final Brief of Plaintiffs-Appellees 14 May 08 Brief of Law Professors and International Human Rights Experts as Amici Curiae in Support of the Plaintiffs-Appellees 18 Apr 08 Brief of Amicus Curiae of the Republic of El Salvador in Support of the Defendant-Appellant 28 Feb 08 Brief of Defendant-Appellant (Carranza) United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee 15 Aug 06 Order Denying Defendant’s Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict, New Trial, and/or Remittitur 17 Feb 06 Plaintiffs’ Memo in Support of their Opposition to Defendant’s Motion for New Trial 17 Feb 06 Plaintiffs’ Response in Opposition to Defendant’s Motion for New Trial 01 Feb 06 Defendant’s Memo In Support of Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict, New Trial, and/or Remittitur 01 Feb 06 Defendant’s Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict, New Trial, and/or Remittitur 18 Jan 06 Judgment on Jury Verdict and Stipulation of Dismissal 18 Nov 05 Jury Instructions 18 Nov 05 Trial Transcript: Closing Arguments 17 Nov 05 Trial Transcript: Supplemental Instruction to the Jury 15 and 16 Nov 05 Trial Transcript: Supplemental Instruction to the Jury 14 Nov 05 Trial Transcript: Testimony of Norma Elizabeth Carranza and Terry Lynn Karl, Jury Instructions 10 Nov 05 Trial Transcript: Testimony of Nicolas Carranza continued 09 Nov 05 Trial Transcript: Testimony of Jose Araujo continued, Testimony of Julio Romero and Nicolas Carranza 08 Nov 05 Trial Transcript: Testimony of Terry Lynn Karl continued, Testimony of Leonel Mejia, Alejondro Dagoberto Marroquin, and Jose Antonio Araujo 07 Nov 05 Trial Transcript: Testimony of Terry Lynn Karl 04 Nov 05 Trial Transcript: Testimony of Ana Patricia Chavez and Daniel Alvarado 03 Nov 05 Trial Transcript: Testimony of Jose Luis Garcia continued, Testimony of Irma Calderon and Francisco Calderon 02 Nov 05 Trial Transcript: Testimony of Luis Ramirez continued, Testimony of Erlinda Franco, Cecilia Santos, and Jose Luis Garcia 01 Nov 05 Trial Transcript: Opening Statements, Testimony of Plaintiff’s Witnesses – Ambassador Robert White and Luis Rameriz 31 Oct 05 Trial Transcript: Voire Dire of the Jury, Preliminary Instructions by the Court 26 Oct 05 Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment 18 Oct 05 Order Denying Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment 27 Jul 05 Defendant’s Responses to Plaintiffs’ Statement of Material Facts and Defendant’s Additional Statement of Undisputed Facts 24 Jun 05 Defendant’s Answer & Affirmative Defenses 24 Jun 05 Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment 24 Jun 05 Memo in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment 24 Jun 05 Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment 24 Jun 05 Plaintiffs’ Statement of Undisputed Material Facts 20 Jun 05 Second Amended Complaint 30 Sep 04 Order Denying Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss and Renewed Motion to Dismiss 29 Jul 04 First Amended Complaint 08 Apr 04 Plaintiffs’ Memo in Opposition to Defendant’s Renewed Motion to Dismiss 20 Jan 04 Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss the Complaint 10 Dec 03 Memo in Support of Plaintiffs’ Ex Parte Motion for Leave to File Complaint as Pseudonymous Plaintiffs 10 Dec 03 Complaint