CONTINENTAL TRANSFERT TECHNIQUE LIMITED v. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDRATION, MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR

Filing 37

ORDER denying 32 defendants' Motion to Dismiss the amended complaint; denying as moot 10 plaintiff's Motion for Default Judgment; denying as moot 24 defendants' Motion to Dismiss the original complaint; granting 24 defendants' Motion to Vacate the Clerk's entry of default. Signed by Judge Paul L. Friedman on March 23, 2010. (MA)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________________ ) CONTINTENTAL TRANSFERT TECHNIQUE ) LIMITED, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) __________________________________________)

Civil Action No. 08-2026 (PLF)

ORDER For the reasons given in the Opinion issued this same day, it is hereby ORDERED that [10] the plaintiff's motion for default judgment is DENIED as moot; it is FURTHER ORDERED that [24] the defendants' motion to vacate the Clerk's entry of default is GRANTED; it is FURTHER ORDERED that [24] the defendants' motion to dismiss the original complaint is DENIED as moot; it is FURTHER ORDERED that [32] the defendants' motion to dismiss the amended complaint is DENIED; and it is

FURTHER ORDERED that, to the extent it seeks dismissal of the plaintiff's second claim for relief on the ground that the judgment sought to be enforced was obtained by fraud, the defendants' motion to dismiss [24] is converted into a motion for summary judgment and DENIED. SO ORDERED.

/s/ PAUL L. FRIEDMAN United States District Judge DATE: March 23, 2010

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