Sikhs for Justice v. Badal

Dist. Ct. did not err in dismissing instant action alleging violations of international law and Torture Victim Protection Act on grounds that it lacked personal jurisdiction over defendant, where defendant demonstrated that he had not been served with copy of complaint and had not been at location where process server claimed he had served defendant. While plaintiffs presented testimony from their process server claiming that he had served defendant at local high school, Dist. Ct. could properly find that defendant was never actually served with copy of complaint, where third-party, who resembled defendant, testified that he was at high school and had actually been served with copy of complaint, and record otherwise contained overwhelming evidence of mistaken identity. Dist. Ct. also did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiffs’ request for additional 30 days to conduct discovery on instant issue.