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2d SERIES mainly banks in Arab and Islamic coun- tries. Ashton Complaint 11583; Burnett Complaint 147. It also has banks in Chi- cago, Illinois and Houston, Texas. Bur- nett Complaint II 47. Al Baraka allegedly provided financial infrastructures in Sudan to Osama bin Laden through Defendant charity Al

court ... may refer to that evidence.'" Robinson, 269 F.3d at 140 (quoting Maka- rova v. United States, 201 F.3d 110, 113 (2d Cir2000)); see also Filetech S.A. v. France Telecom S.A, 157 F.3d 922, 932 ante v. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 03 Civ. 8591(RCC). EFTA00795047 IN RE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER

tates, 201 F.3d 110, 118 (2d Cir.2000)); see also Filetech S.A. v. France Telecom S.A., 157 F.3d 922, 932 ance v

utory foreign sovereign immunity and protecting a sovereign’s or sovereign’s agency’s legitimate claim to immunity from discovery.” First City, Texas—Houston, N.A. v. Rafidain Bank, 150 F.3d 172, 176 (2d Cir.1998) (ordering full discovery against defendant over whom court al- ready had subject matter juris

y from legal proceedings in this country). Finally, Plaintiffs have not identified a factual dispute that would require jurisdictional discovery. See Filetech S.A. v. France Telecom S.A., 304 F.3d 180, 183 (2d Cir.2002) (finding no abuse of discretion where district court resolved jurisdictional issue without ho

garding NCB’s FSIA defense would necessarily subject the Kingdom to discovery, which the Court is hesitant to do unnecessarily. See First City, Texas—Houston, N.A. v. Rafidain Bank, 150 F.3d 172, 176 (2d Cir.1998); see also Arriba Ltd. v. Petroleos Mexicanos, 962 F.2d 528, 534 (Sth Cir.1992) (recommending