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PAUL v. AVRIL

No. 91-399-CIV.

901 F.Supp. 330 (1994)

Evans PAUL, Jean Auguste Mesyeux, Marino Etienne, Gerald Emile Brun, Serge Gilles, and Fernand Gerard Laforest, Plaintiffs, v. Prosper AVRIL, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida.

July 1, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Chachére, Beth Stephens, Michael Ratner, Jennifer Green, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York City, Ira Kurzban, Kurzban, Kurzban & Weinger, P.A., Miami, FL (Harold Hongjukoh, Ronald C. Slye, Intern. Human Rights Clinic, New Haven, CT), for plaintiffs.

Stephen A. Papy (Richard A. Hibey, Gordon A. Coffee, Anderson, Hibey, Nauheim & Blair), Washington, DC, for defendants.

FINAL JUDGMENT GRANTING DEFAULT AND AWARDING DAMAGES

FERGUSON, District Judge.

This case involves the claims of six prominent Haitian citizens, opponents of the ruling military regime, for damages suffered by torture and false imprisonment directed by Prosper Avril who was then military ruler.1 The torts were committed in Haiti in 1989 and 1990 during the defendant's reign as head of government.

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