UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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KHADIM ALKANANI, )
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Plaintiff, )
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v. ) Civil Action No. 09-CV-1607 (KBJ)(AK)
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AEGIS DEFENSE SERVICES, LLC, )
and AEGIS DEFENCE SERVICES )
LIMITED, )
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Defendants. )
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MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court on Magistrate Judge Kay’s August 7, 2013,
Report and Recommendation addressing the motion for summary judgment (ECF No.
47) filed by Defendant Aegis Defense Services, LLC (“Aegis LLC”). (Report and
Recommendation, ECF No. 61.) 1 Plaintiff Khadim Alkanani brought this action seeking
to hold Aegis LLC and Aegis Defence Services Limited (“Aegis UK”) and several
unidentified Aegis employees and/or agents liable for injuries Plaintiff suffered when
an unidentified Aegis UK security guard at a checkpoint in Iraq fired his weapon at
Plaintiff’s vehicle and struck Plaintiff’s foot. (See Compl., ECF No. 1; Report and
Recommendation at 2.) Aegis LLC contended that there were no grounds to hold it
liable for the actions of an employee of Aegis UK. (Report and Recommendation at 5.)
In response, Plaintiff advanced three theories for establishing Aegis LLC’s liability: (1)
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Magistrate Judge Kay addressed Defendant Aegis UK’s motion to dismiss (ECF No. 48) in a separate
Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 62).
the alter ego theory; (2) the successor liability theory; and (3) the agency theory. (Id.)
Plaintiff also sought additional discovery. (Id.)
After considering the parties’ motions in the course of a detailed Report and
Recommendation, Magistrate Judge Kay concluded that none of Plaintiff’s theoretical
bases for jurisdiction won the day, and recommended that this Court grant Aegis LLC’s
motion for summary judgment and deny Plaintiff’s request for additional discovery.
(Id. at 12.)
The Report and Recommendation also advised the parties that under the
provisions of Local Rule 72.3(b) of the United States District Court for the District of
Columbia, any party who objects to the Report and Recommendation must file a written
objection with the Clerk of the Court within 14 days of the party’s receipt of the Report
and Recommendation. (Report and Recommendation at 12.) As of this date—over one
month after the Report and Recommendation was issued—no objections have been
filed.
After consideration of the Magistrate Judge Kay’s Report and Recommendation,
the absence of any party’s objections thereto, the entire record before the Court, and the
applicable law, the Court will adopt Magistrate Judge Kay’s Report and
Recommendation in its entirety. Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 61) is ADOPTED in
its entirety; and it is
FURTHER ORDERED that in accordance with the Report and
Recommendation, Defendant Aegis LLC’s motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 47)
is GRANTED; and it is
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FURTHER ORDERED that all claims against Aegis LLC are DISMISSED with
prejudice.
DATE: September 16, 2013 Ketanji Brown Jackson
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON
United States District Judge
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