context: (Pis.' Opp'n at 19). This argument is not persuasive for two reasons: first, it is contrary to the law of immunity in analogous situations that the wrongfulness of the alleged act does not take it beyond the scope of authority for immunity purposes.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 101 F.3d 239, 244
citation_a.parenthetical: noting that revisions to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act removed sovereign immunity for acts of state-sponsored terrorism only under particular circumstances
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Belhas v. Ya’alon, 515 F.3d 1279, 1287-88 (D.C.Cir.2008) (individual Israeli military officer immune under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act from suit alleging war crimes); Princz v. Fed. Repub. of Germany, 26 F.3d 1166, 1174 (D.C.Cir.1994) (foreign state does not waive sovereign immunity by violating jus cogens); see also Smith v. Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, 101 F.3d 239, 244 (2d Cir.1996) (noting that revisions to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act removed sovereign immunity for acts of state-sponsored terrorism only under particular circumstances); 14 Charles Alan Wright & Arthur R. Miller, Fed. Prac. & Procedure § 3655 (3d ed. 2015) (“The fact that the defendant officer’s acts were wrongful or erroneous is not sufficient to demonstrate that they are outside the scope of his or her official authority.”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 515 F.3d 1279, 1287-88
citation_b.parenthetical: individual Israeli military officer immune under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act from suit alleging war crimes
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Belhas v. Ya’alon, 515 F.3d 1279, 1287-88 (D.C.Cir.2008) (individual Israeli military officer immune under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act from suit alleging war crimes); Princz v. Fed. Repub. of Germany, 26 F.3d 1166, 1174 (D.C.Cir.1994) (foreign state does not waive sovereign immunity by violating jus cogens); see also Smith v. Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, 101 F.3d 239, 244 (2d Cir.1996) (noting that revisions to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act removed sovereign immunity for acts of state-sponsored terrorism only under particular circumstances); 14 Charles Alan Wright & Arthur R. Miller, Fed. Prac. & Procedure § 3655 (3d ed. 2015) (“The fact that the defendant officer’s acts were wrongful or erroneous is not sufficient to demonstrate that they are outside the scope of his or her official authority.”).