Hazama et al v. Kerry et al

Filing 34

MEMORANDUM Order. Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on 5/16/2017:Mailed notice(clw, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
SAMIRA HAZAMA and
AHMED ABDEL HAFIZ GHNEIM,

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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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REX W. TILLERSON, 1 Secretary of State, et al., )
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Defendants.
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Case No. 15 C 4002
(USCA No. 15-2982)

MEMORANDUM ORDER
This Court's daily review of ECF matters via its iPhone has disclosed the May 12, 2017
Notice of Issuance of Mandate by our Court of Appeals (through some glitch the customary
delivery to this Court's chambers of opinions issued in appeals from its rulings did not take place
in this case, so that the current mandate brought this Court its first knowledge of the Court of
Appeals' March 20 opinion, which included a directive as to the entry of a final order of
dismissal). In accordance with that directive this Court orders the judgment of dismissal
modified to reflect that it is an adjudication against the plaintiffs on the merits, not for lack of
subject matter jurisdiction (which had been the ground for dismissal advanced by defendants
when the case was initially before this Court).

Date: May 16, 2017
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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge

At the time of this Court's August 26, 2015 memorandum opinion and order that
dismissed this action, the first-named defendant was then United States Secretary of State John
Kerry. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d), Secretary Kerry's successor in office Rex Tillerson has
been automatically substituted as a party, both in the Court of Appeals' opinion that affirmed this
Court's dismissal (which is addressed in the text of this memorandum order) and in this order as
well.