CELESTIN v. MARTELLY

18-CV-7340 (LDH) (PK).

698 F.Supp.3d 443 (2023)

Odilon S. CELESTIN, Widmir Romelien, Marie Lucie St Vil, Gorettie St Vil, Jeannette Valeus, Guetty Felin, Herve Cohen, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Michel Joseph MARTELLY, Jocelerme Privert, Jovenel Moise, the Western Union Company, d/b/a Western Union Holdings, Inc., Western Union Financial Services, Inc., and through Other Subsidiaries and Affiliates, MoneyGram International, Inc. and MoneyGram Payment System, Inc. (Collectively MGI), Caribbean Air Mail, Inc., d/b/a CAM, Unibank, S.A., Unitransfer USA, Inc., Unigestion Holding, S.A., d/b/a Digicel Haiti, Natcom S.A., and the Government of Haiti, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

Signed September 30, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcel Pierre Denis, Denis Law Group, PLLC, Brooklyn, NY, Rodney R. Austin, Rodney R. Austin PLLC, Fresh Meadows, NY, for Plaintiff Odilon S. Celestin.

Marcel Pierre Denis, Denis Law Group, PLLC, Brooklyn, NY, for Plaintiffs Widmir Romelien, Goldie Lamothe-Alexandre, Vincent Marazita.

Jeannette Valeus, Pro Se.

Guetty Felin, Pro Se.

Gorettie St. Vil, Pro Se.

Herve Cohen, Pro Se.

Marie Lucie St. Vil, Pro Se.

Bertrand Rolf Madsen, Madsen Law P.C., New York, NY, Elizabeth Wolstein, Samuel Lucien Butt, Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants Michel Joseph Martelly, Jocelerme Privert, The Government of Haiti.

Bertrand Rolf Madsen, Madsen Law P.C., New York, NY, for Defendant Jovenel Moise.

Stephen H. Nakamura, Andrew R. Peck, Merle Brown & Nakamura P.C., New York, NY, for Defendant Caribbean Air Mail, Inc.

Paul D. Turner, Pro Hac Vice, Oliver M. Birman, Pro Hac Vice, Perlman, Bajandas, Yevoli & Albright, P.L., Fort Lauderdale, FL, Benjamin L. Reiss, Pro Hac Vice, Perlman, Bajandas, Yevoli & Albright, Coral Gables, FL, Kieran M. Corcoran, Stinson LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants Unitransfer USA, Inc., Unibank, S.A.

Macx L. Jean-Louis, New York, NY, for Defendant Natcom S.A.

James H.R. Windels, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Brooklyn, NY, James Irving McClammy, Marie Killmond, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Unigestion Holding, S.A.

Brian Laurence Bank, David Stephen Wilck, Michelle A. Bholan, Rivkin Radler LLP, Uniondale, NY, for Defendants MoneyGram International, Inc., MoneyGram Payment System, Inc., (collectively MGI).


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Plaintiffs Odilon S. Celestin, Widmir Romelien, Marie Lucie St Vil, Gorettie St Vil, Jeannette Valeus, Guetty Felin, and Herve Cohen (collectively, "Plaintiffs"), bring claims against Defendants Michel Joseph Martelly, Jocelerme Privert, Jovenel...

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