ds, 569 F. Supp. 2d 129 (D.D.C. 2008) ........ Rivera v. Heyman, 157 F.3d 101 (2d Cir, 1998) eee Salahi v. Obama, 625 F.3d 745 (D.C. Cit, 2010) veces Samantar v. Yousuf, et al., 130 S. Ct. 2278 (2010) eee *vili Schneberger v. Wheeler, 859 F.2d 1477 (11th Cir. L988), sarcasm cena enemies Sickles v. Montgom

d not make a rec- ommendation, courts decided for themselves whether to grant immunity, although they did so by reference to State Department policy. Samantar v. Yousuf, 560 U.S. 305, 311-312 (2010). Until 1952, the State Department adhered to the classi- cal theory of foreign sovereign immunity. According